Barbara Ehrenreich Explored Some of the Issues of Power and Service

question 97

Multiple Choice

Barbara Ehrenreich explored some of the issues of power and service work in her book Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America (2001) . As research for the book, Ehrenreich took minimum-wage service jobs as a waitress, a hotel maid, and a Walmart employee. What was her main finding?

• A) She found that jobs that gave opportunities to be paid "under the table" were better for individual economic stability.
• B) She found that service workers often worked three jobs to make ends meet.
• C) She found that service workers in these types of jobs are likely to be exploited in a number of ways.
• D) She found that service workers' families suffered the most due to their absence.

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Definitions:

Fixed Manufacturing Overhead

Costs associated with production that do not vary with the level of output, such as salaries of managers and depreciation of factory equipment.

Deferred

A term indicating that something has been postponed or delayed, often referring to income, taxes, or expenses.

Inventories

Assets held for sale in the ordinary course of business, or materials that will be used in the production of goods to be sold.

Year 2

Typically refers to the second year of a company's operations or performance being analyzed.