{"id":8398,"date":"2023-03-14T13:06:50","date_gmt":"2023-03-14T20:06:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/eri\/?page_id=8398"},"modified":"2023-03-22T11:18:02","modified_gmt":"2023-03-22T18:18:02","slug":"warehouse-work","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/eri\/publications\/warehouse-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Warehouse Work: Path to the Middle Class or Road to Economic Insecurity?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8399 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/eri\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2023\/03\/Warehouse_Work.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"820\" height=\"1057\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/eri\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2023\/03\/Warehouse_Work.jpg 820w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/eri\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2023\/03\/Warehouse_Work-233x300.jpg 233w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 820px) 100vw, 820px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>By Juan D. De Lara, Ph.D.<\/p>\n<p>September 2013<\/p>\n<p><em>Please note: reports dated earlier than June 2020 were published under our previous names: the USC Program for Environmental and Regional Equity (PERE) or the USC Center for the Study of Immigrant Integration (CSII).<\/em><\/p>\n<p>President Obama\u2019s recent visit to an Amazon.com warehouse in Chattanooga, Tennessee was supposed to provide a glimpse into what good middle class jobs look like in today\u2019s economy. According to the President, warehouse jobs offer American families economic stability at a time when employment can be difficult to find. Major retailers like Amazon and Walmart regularly gain public and political support by claiming that their supply chain workers earn middle class wages. 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