Glossed over: nail salon workers and cosmetic consequences.(CURRENTS)

E | May 1, 2008| | Copyright

On winter nights the neon sign "Nail Boutique" glows on Hudson Street in New York City's West Village. The door is shut tight to keep out the cold. At closing time, the manager doles out the day's pay to her all-Chinese staff, including her husband, a manicurist. He makes a big show of thanking his wife for his wages, drawing laughs from the other employees. Of everyone there, her English is the best, but still not good. She's six months pregnant and her belly bulges underneath her apron. I ask her if she's worried for her baby being around all the fumes in the salon. She ...

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