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Hard Work: Life in Low-pay Britain is a 2003 book by the British journalist Polly Toynbee. Synopsis. The book is an account of life on the minimum wage. Toynbee moved into a council housing estate in Clapham Park and took on various jobs such as a hospital porter, cake packer and telemarketer.
Hard work : life in low pay Britain : Toynbee, Polly, 1946- : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive. by. Toynbee, Polly, 1946- Publication date. 2003. Topics. Poverty, Minimum wage. Publisher. London : Bloomsbury. Collection. inlibrary; printdisabled; internetarchivebooks; americana. Contributor. Internet Archive. Language.
14 de ene. de 2003 · Polly Toynbee moves into a council flat, works a plethora of the lowest paid jobs, and tries to survive the life lived by so many. She's compassionate towards people she meets along the way, and she's angered by the social injustice of the colossal income gap and all its consequences.
Could you live on the minimum wage? Guardian journalist Polly Toynbee took up the challenge, living in one of the worst council estates in Britain and taking whatever was on offer at the job...
1 de ene. de 2003 · In this powerful and compelling book, Polly Toynbee journeys to the inside of Britain today and uncovers that world which is invisible to most. This is a damning portrait of social justice in Britain. Book recommendations, author interviews, editors' picks, and more. Read it now.
Condemned to work long, hard hours on a minimum wage that never allows them to raise above the poverty line. Polly Toynbee a middle class journalist for the Guardian newspaper sets out to explore the lives of this “invisible workforce” or as she terms “Low Pay Britain”.
When in reality low pay British workers struggle in and out of low pay jobs with absolutely no hope of social mobility. Access to health care, education and owning ones house is out of their reach. The only solution for the Low Paid to obtain the “ordinary pleasures” is through credit.
