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nbcnews.com. thank you for joining us. you ve written a lot of stories, of course, this one hit a nerve and so many people reached out to you reacting. what are they saying? a lot of them said, wow! this is my life and i ve been temping for months or years because i ve been sending out resumes since the recession hit and i can t find a full-time job and these aren t adults with no work experience. these are gen-xors and these are baby boomers telling me this. in march the temp industry added 28,500 jobs and that s about their2.8 million workers temporary or part-time positions and oftentimes in these positions you get no benefits. it s temporary and unpredictable. this is nothing you can build stability on, but you need to pay your bills and you need that money for your life. yeah. that s very true and that s one of the biggest problems is that this doesn t offer anything in terms of time off or sick days.
most income inequality in the country. the bottom fifth of connecticut households saw their income decrease by over 4,000 between 1989 and 2006. that is even before the recession hit. the law is expected to raise pay for over 200,000 workers in the state, or about 15% of the work force. after the break, from a living wage to a champion of workers rights, alex speaks with rosario dawson and america ferrera, stars of the new film honoring the life and work of cesar chavez. next. but first, hampton pearson has a market wrapup. let s look at stocks going into the weekend. the dow gaining 59 points, the s&p up 9, the nasdaq earning five points. that s it from cnbc, first in business worldwide.
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