Word: underpaid
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...purpose of winning. Money is another weapon for them, withholding it from deserving employees, using it to mount an overwhelming defense, and then punishing plaintiffs by handing them a bill for an amount that would be a drop in the bucket for them, but very burdensome for an underpaid employee,” she said...
...complaint isn't the first. In 2003, 18 LOTR actors reportedly banded together and demanded better pay. (They got a bonus.) Actor Sean Astin still grumbled later that he made a measly $250,000 for all three films. Producer Saul Zaentz filed a suit last August claiming he was underpaid $20 million. Do we hear the rumblings of another Lord of the Rings battle scene...
...report claimed that women and minorities are underpaid, despite holding the same degrees as their white male counterparts...
...meager two percent were teaching in elementary and high schools. When undergraduates were asked in surveys to assess their view on teaching, many replied that it is “one of the most important roles in society,” but that teachers are consistently “underpaid and under-appreciated.” Others blamed the “poor reputation, thanks to the media.” Clearly there is a substantial disconnect between the perceived importance of the job and the unwillingness to actually do anything about it. Looking at the numbers, 38 percent cited...
...These companies and their shareholders, therefore, have a vested interest in human beings continuing to be arrested and incarcerated for long periods. Not only do private prison companies profit, but so do phone companies that overcharge inmates and companies like IBM and Victoria’s Secret that use underpaid, unfree prison labor for manufacturing...