May 27, 2012

Low-Wage Workers Deserve More From Nonprofits

To the Editor:

Having a job is the goal of most every adult in America. A job provides true security: a steady income for food and shelter, access to health insurance, and the essential intangibles of identity and self-respect.

Yet as The Chronicle’s coverage of low-wage human-services workers illustrated (“Service Charities Seek Ways to Help Their Lowest-Paid Employees Get By,” May 3), millions of jobs in America do no such thing.