A young African American, told the crowd that for the last six years, he’s awakened every day and gone to work twice at a rally to raise the minimum wage in Kansas City, Missouri, Ibn Frazer.
Since he had been 16, Frazer stated, “I’ve juggled two minimal wage jobs at places like Panera, Applebee’s, gasoline stations, and Comfort Inn.” Like nearly all his co-workers, he “either can’t get enough hours or the hours we get don’t mount up to earning money.”
He now works at Pizza Hut 45 hours an and at burlington coat factory another 30 week. He works seven days per week. “Five times we work two jobs,” Frazer stated, “and we have actuallyn’t had each day down in nearly 8 weeks. Personally I think like I’m wasting my life.”
Four years ago, after Elliot Clark’s spouse broke her ankle and couldn’t work, he looked to a cash advance. “Eventually one cash advance switched into another after which another,” he claims. In a small amount of time, he previously five loans totaling $2,500—and injury up paying $30,000 in interest over 3 years. Clark destroyed their house to foreclosure while settling the loans.
Frazer and Clark have actually one thing in keeping: these are typically employees whoever low wages are neither sufficient to cover the bills nor sufficient to qualify them for reasonable credit. Continue reading “Missouri Work Takes on the Poverty Company, Cements Alliances”