Four Workers’ Stories
Four Workers’ Stories
This chapter aims to put human faces on four of the world's 3.1 billion poor people. The stories are told of a woman who hand-rolls cigarettes in India and earns a piece rate, a handicraft maker and vendor in South Africa, a farmer in China, and a fireworks producer in Mexico. Similarities and differences between their stories are discussed.
Keywords: piece rate, handicraft, vendor, farmer, producer
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