The wages around here have been driven down so much by the high unemployment. And New Bedford has always been very big in the fishing industry, and that's been taking a big hit too. So it's really terrible here. Unless you want to be a full-time WalMart employee. Those are the only jobs that seem to be springing up.
People are upset and fed up, and their opportunities are shrinking.
Not only that, the wages are shrinking too. And people are really scared. Because meanwhile the rents and the cost of living are going up, and nothing's keeping pace with it. So the Labor Party's demand for a guaranteed job at a living wage would probably make a lot of sense to people there. Oh, overwhelming support.