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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Michael Sainato

‘I’m selling my blood’: millions in US can’t make ends meet with two jobs

People speak with recruiters at a job fair in Los Angeles.
People speak with recruiters at a job fair in Los Angeles. Photograph: Étienne Laurent/EPA

Millions of Americans are currently working two or more jobs in order to make ends meet, as global inflation and corporations jacking up prices have sent prices of food, gas, housing, health insurance and other necessities soaring in the past year.

Cashe Lewis, 31, of Denver, Colorado works two jobs and is currently trying to find a third job to cover the recent $200 monthly rent increase to her apartment. She works days as a barista at Starbucks, but claims it’s been difficult to get enough hours even with taking extra shifts whenever she can due to scheduling cuts as part of the crackdown on union organizing by management.

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