EQUALITY NOW.

It is also therallying cry for many of the black people who have earneda college degree but earn less than white workers doingsimilar jobs. Although workers inother states have seen their paychecks goup because of state and local increases inthe minimum wage, in Durham the rateremains at the federal level of $7.25 an hour. Many black workers outside the middle class make upwhat is known as the gig economy, taking on jobs that treatthem like independent contractors even though they workthem like employees. The soft-skills jobs that trade in relationshipsare difficult ones for black workers to break into. [Extracted from the article]