Another example is the collapse of 38 Studios in Rhode Island - half their workers were brought in as contract workers; After 2 weeks without pay, the company f

Another example is the collapse of 38 Studios in Rhode Island - half their workers were brought in as contract workers; After 2 weeks without pay, the company finally collapsed: only 'full-time' workers were able to attend an emergency job fair the state created. The rest of the employees, many who had moved to the area specifically for the job, couldn't even collect unemployment - I met one girl working at Uno's Pizzeria so she wouldn't become homeless and stuck in a distant state.