Part 1 one paragraph per question (MLA) Part 2, is a two page essay with third page as references with (APA) format.

Part 1
Reading for Part 1 (Barbara Ehrenreich, Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America. Chapter Three: Selling in Minnesota)
1. Many campus and advocacy groups are currently involved in struggles for a “living wage.” How do you think a living wage should be calculated?
2. Were you surprised by the casual reactions of Ehrenreich’s coworkers when she revealed herself as an undercover writer? Were you surprised that she wasn’t suspected of being “different” or out-of-place despite her graduate-level education and usually comfortable lifestyle?
3. Many of Ehrenreich’s colleagues relied heavily on family—for housing and help with child-care, by sharing appliances and dividing up the cooking, shopping, and cleaning. Do you think Americans make excessive demands on the family unit rather than calling for the government to help those in need?
4. Nickel and Dimed takes place in 1998-2000, a time of unprecedented prosperity in America. Do you think Ehrenreich’s experience would be different in today’s economy? How so?
5. After reading Nickel and Dimed, do you think that having a job—any job—is better than no job at all? Did this book make you feel angry? Better informed? Relieved that someone has finally described your experience? Galvanized to do something.

Part 2
Reading (Florida Workers Want To Raise Minimum Wage To $15.00 https://news.wjct.org/post/florida-workers-want-raise-minimum-wage-15 (Links to an external site.)

write an Essay that addresses your views on low wage workers need for a $15.00 minimum wage in the US, including making an argument for or against the $15.00 minimum wage

As you think about your argument for or against the $15.00 minimum wage, consider some of the following questions:

1. What is a living wage? How much is it today? Is it really a living wage?
2. Why do you think caused the pay gap between men and women and how can we close the gap?
3. What are some of the challenges associated with organizing for increasing minimum wage to $15.00 an hour? Are some of the challenges specific to any low wage groups (i.e., women, young adults, elderly, or people disability, etc.) or industries (i.e., retail, restaurant, or domestic workers, etc.)

Part 1
Reading (John Bowe, Nobodies: Modern American Slave Labor and the Dark Side of the New Global Economy. Chapter Three : Saipan)

1. Unions can play a vital role in improving working conditions for workers in a globalized economy. From the Bowe’s readings, please describe two ways unions can improve working conditions in the agricultural industry.
2. In your research on agricultural workers what realities of their lives you found most disturbing about their working conditions. Please be specific and cite your source.
3. Please identify two reasons agricultural workers leave their homeland to work in the fields of American agricultural for low pay. Is it possible that free market competition benefits big corporations and undermine local farmers in Mexico?
4. Please explain the how the working conditions described in Bowe’s book related to trade policy like (NAFTA).

Part 2

In two pages, write an essay explaining the labor conditions that unions improved based on the readings and your individual research.

1. Address the sources of challenges and opportunities (e.g. profit motives by corporations, nationality and gender bias, lack of citizenship rights of migrant workers, and legal rights to unionized or lack thereof).