Unpaid Internships

I really hope this class-action lawsuit filed by former unpaid interns over the exploitative nature of their internships at Fox Searchlight Pictures succeeds. The rise of unpaid internships has been one of the worst changes in the American employment market in recent years. Not only does it create incentives for companies to recast formerly entry-level jobs as unpaid labor, but it also means that in fields where unpaid internships have become necessary to advance, that only the wealthy can play ball since middle-class kids don’t have the financial support from parents to make this possible.