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1. 'work without pay' is already happening more and more in the US

Sat Feb 25, 2012, 12:59 AM

Feb 2012

Unpaid jobs: The new normal?

http://management.fortune.cnn.com/2011/03/25/unpaid-jobs-the-new-normal/

While businesses are generally wary of the risks of using unpaid labor, companies that have used free workers say it can pay off when done right.

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Paul Mason of BBC on How Austerity is Reducing Greece to Developing Country Status [View all] polly7 Feb 2012 OP

'work without pay' is already happening more and more in the US stockholmer Feb 2012 #1

You and Glen Beck, huh? izquierdista Feb 2012 #2

What are you going on about? polly7 Feb 2012 #4

12:40 izquierdista Feb 2012 #5

Imagine paying a $470 electric bill every month. fasttense Feb 2012 #3