Janet works multiple part-time jobs. Both jobs require her to work a different schedule of hours each week and pay just above minimum wage. She receives no nonwage benefits from either employer. How would a sociologist classify a worker like Janet?
a. as a member of a union
b. as a member of the precariat
c. as an assembly line worker
d. as a socialist
b
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