low wages

• minimum wageLowest lawful hourly rate
• povertySevere lack of resources
• underpaidGiven inadequate wages
• exploitationSelfish use of others
• strugglingExperiencing serious difficulty

paycheck · overtime · tips · hourly · sweatshop · bills · rent · debt · working poor · breadline · hustle · grind · scraping by · stagnant · unlivable · gig economy · subsistence · inequality

• labor abusewage theft, unpaid wages, unpaid overtime, worker exploitation, withheld wages
• sweatshopssweatshop labor, garment worker, garment workers, garment factories, factory workers
• exploitationexploit, predatory, sex trafficking, take advantage, human trafficking
• poverty factorsdeprivation, hardship, low income, joblessness, inequality
• fast food criticismportion size, calorie count, grease, freshness, wait time
• job barriersageism, sexism, racism, glass ceiling, gender bias