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Youngest offered a job at a local summer camp. The offer asked for a reply with salary requirements, which they had no idea how to respond to. Had a fun time looking into state min. wage law and exceptions, specifically allowing summer camps to pay young workers significantly less. Great discussion about how exceptions come to be, one’s ‘value’ in the labor market, the privilege of working for pennies to gain experience and connections, exploitation, Frances Perkins, Eugene Debs…
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