"she is paid $2 a day for a nine-hour shift, six days a week. on several occasions, needles have gone through her hands, and managers have bandaged her up so that she could go back to work." "how terrible," [they] murmured sympathetically. [she] looked up, puzzled. "it's good pay," he said. "i hope she can keep that job. there's all this talk about the factories closing now, and she said there are rumors that her factory might close. i hope that doesn't happen. i don't know what she would do then."