TDU Convention Sneak Peek: Barbara Ehrenreich

August 15, 2008: Barbara Ehrenreich isn’t afraid to point out the growing gap between the rich and the poor in America, and she’ll be talking about it at this year’s TDU Convention.

Barbara worked minimum wage jobs as a waitress and at Wal-Mart to expose corporate greed in her best-selling book Nickel and Dimed.

Click on the video below to watch a PBS interview with Barbara about the shrinking middle class—and what we can do about it.

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