Post ATxDYfjxtF2l178gMq by punko@kolektiva.social
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 (DIR) Post #ATxD6mM5hbbZQNfhbs by KimPerales@toad.social
       2023-03-24T19:37:55Z
       
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       More workers: UNDER- PAID/APPRECIATED: Martinez, 53, has worked for LA Unified for 28 yrs, cares for young children with disabilities, changing their diapers/feeding & teaching -Makes ~$32K/yr -lives in low-income housing -pays $1,450/mo. for a 2-bedroom, one-bath, 750-sq-ft apt. -shares a bed with her 18-yr-old granddaughter; her teenage daughter sleeps on the bunk above them -makes aprons -she sells to supplement her income -“It’s a dream of mine to have my own room🚨"-: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-03-24/la-housing-prices-lausd-workers-strike
       
 (DIR) Post #ATxDYfjxtF2l178gMq by punko@kolektiva.social
       2023-03-24T22:13:33Z
       
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       @KimPerales, the system is working as designed; it’s all policy choice.  Sucks, but no one is really doing anything effective to change that.