Why Doesn’t More of the Working Class Move for Jobs?

Joan C. Williams, director of the Center for WorkLife Law at the
University of California Hastings College of the Law in San
Francisco, discusses serious misconceptions that the U.S.
managerial and professional elite in the United States have about
the so-called working class. Many people conflate "working class"
with "poor"--but the working class is, in fact, the elusive,
purportedly disappearing middle class. Williams argues that
economic mobility has declined, and explains why suggestions like
“they should move to where the jobs are” or "they should just go to
college" are insufficient. She has some ideas for policy makers to
create more and meaningful jobs for this demographic, an
influential voting bloc. Williams is the author of the new book,
“White Working Class: Overcoming Class Cluelessness in America.”