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Serfdom, 21st-century style: Woman fired for talking to reporter about living on minimum wage

Feeling all hunky-dory about the world? This should correct that: Shanna Tippen, a grandmother from Arkansas, says that she's been fired from her motel job for speaking to a Washington Post reporter about what it's like to live on the minimum wage.Here's the backstory: Last month, Post reporter Chico Harlan published a feature on how life changed for Arkansas workers after the state's minimum wage increased from $7.25 an hour to $7.50 per hour, part of a gradual uptick toward an $8.50 minimum by 2017.

 

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