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The Daily Orange, February 13, 2017: On the South Side, low-wage workers are struggling to escape poverty

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“Low-wage work, which places an employee at or around the poverty level of $24,250 income per year, occupies a growing proportion of the workforce in central New York. It can lead to increased stress, financial pressure and physical injury, the report found. From janitors to dish washers to fast food employees, low-wage workers sit in the bottom quarter of the income scale, making about $545 per week, according to the U.S. Department of Labor.”

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