after deductions

Allen was earning less than $3 an hour after deductions, including 30 percent for room and board.

Some women employed by Hickman’s earned less than $3 an hour after deductions, including 30 percent taken by the state for room and board, even though they were living in the makeshift dormitory.

And the only other jobs available — working for the quasi-private company that uses prison workers — are more stressful and, after deductions, usually pay less than the DOC jobs.

"You can't be in full-time education, you can only earn up to about £130 a week after deductions, and if you have any overlapping benefit like a retirement pension then you're not eligible at all."

Rachel Kambury, a picket captain and an associate editor at the publisher, said that almost seven years into her career, she was making $13 an hour after deductions.