Assignment 1

Please read this article about Apple workers. It came out in 2012, but things have not changed in late 2020. Also watch this video from 2020 about inequality in America. Things have not changed for low-wage workers in 2020, in fact, they are getting worse.

Article Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/24/business/apple-store-workers-loyal-but-short-on-pay.html (Apple’s Retail Army, Long on Loyalty but Short on Pay by David Segal)

Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPKKQnijnsM (Wealth Inequality in America)

Then please write a 550 words essay with an original title. Discuss all of the following questions:

1. What is the article and video about?

2. whether corporations are causing inequality in the US, and offer strategic solutions about how we can change the trend?

3. What advice on this matter would you give President Trump or his labor secretary R. Alexander Acosta?

4. What is your opinion about the article and video?

Due Date: 9/30/2020