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Service Sector
Contact: Laura Dresser, COWS Research
Director, ldresser at cows.org
The rapid ascent of the service sector has given rise to a growing
number of insecure, low-wage jobs; today, almost 30 million U.S.
workers are earning poverty-level wages. Our research in this area
– “More Servants or a Better Society?” –
aims to fill knowledge gaps about the proliferation of service employment
and the numerous challenges faced by workers in service jobs. Ultimately,
COWS seeks to help frame a policy agenda that will move the service
sector in a new direction – toward the “high road”
of high wages, good benefits, and opportunities to move up.
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