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A 3 page essay that summarizes and reacts to a 1995 article by Katherine S. Newman, professor of anthropology at Columbia University. In this article, "Dead-end jobs, a way out," Newman proposes a means for not only helping low-wage inner-city fast food employees climb the socioeconomic ladder out of poverty, but her elegant and thoughtful concept is a win-win situation for employers, as it aids fast-foot management with the task of retaining employees and decreasing employee turnover, while also providing a screening service for potential employees that can allay the trepidation that urban employers often display in hiring employees with only low-wage background experience, particularly in regards to African Americans. No additional sources cited.
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employees climb the socioeconomic ladder out of poverty, but her elegant and thoughtful concept is a win-win situation for employers, as it aids fast-foot management with the task of retaining
employees and decreasing employee turnover, while also providing a screening service for potential employees that can allay the trepidation that urban employers often display in hiring employees with only low-wage
background experience, particularly in regards to African Americans. In the first part of her article, Newman describes the problem, which is a complicated "Catch-22" situation for inner-city poor. Basically,
the only job that they can get is a low-wage, fast-food position that is discounted as "worthless" by other employers. These jobs permit employees to move laterally, from one fast-food
job to another, but there is extremely limited room for advancement within the fast-food industry. These jobs are societal problems because, as Newman points out, they are "dead-end," do not
provide a living wage, and, therefore, do not effectively replace the high-wage manufacturing jobs that have been relocated to Third World countries. They are also a societal problem because, without
viable alternatives, inner-city poor are tempted to turn to illegal activities out of sheer frustration. To counter this dilemma, Newman proposes that businesses form an "employer consortium," that is,
an organization designed to move "hardworking inner-city employees into richer jobs markets by providing the job information and precious referrals that come naturally to middle-class Americans" (Newman 25). This organization
would be comprised of inner-city employers, such as fast-food restaurants, car-washes, etc. These employers would periodically submit the names of "reliable, punctual, hard-working and motivated employees" who had completed at
least one year of work to employers of higher paying position (Newman 25). Primary-sector employers who are members of the consortium would agree to hire from this pool and
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