‘I’m Selling My Blood’: Millions In US Can’t Make Ends Meet With Two Jobs

According to data from the US census, more Americans now hold two or more jobs, with women more likely than men to hold multiple jobs.

Due to corporate price hikes and global inflation, millions of Americans are currently working two or more jobs to make ends meet. Over the past year, prices for essentials like food, petrol, housing, and health insurance have skyrocketed.

Cashe Lewis, 31, of Denver, Colorado, presently holds down two jobs while looking for a third to help pay the $200 increase in her apartment's rent that just took effect. She works days as a barista at Starbucks, but she claims that scheduling reductions as part of management's campaign against union organising have made it difficult for her to get enough hours, even though she takes on extra shifts whenever she can.

She works six days a week, often 16 hours a day at a convenience store since the hours are consistent.

“I’m exhausted all the time,” said Lewis. “On the one day I have off a week, I donat...

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