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Re:Calling Bullshit on Unpaid Interships by allenp on Thursday June 30, 2011 @08:31AM (#2713721)
"Since when did a living wage for a day's work become a controversial issue ?"

You're joking right? Have you seen any of the immigration reform/debate over the last 5 years in the US? One of the primary arguments is over the availability of labor so cheap that not even prisoners will take the jobs.

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Re:Calling Bullshit on Unpaid Interships by zeemonkee on Thursday June 30, 2011 @08:39AM (#2713743)
That's my point - why is it a controversial issue ? How did we go so low ?
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Re:Calling Bullshit on Unpaid Interships by irishstu on Thursday June 30, 2011 @08:45AM (#2713765)
It's creeping in slowly here in Ireland. That's why I spoke up.
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