Huff Post asks author of book about unpaid labor to perform unpaid labor
When U.K. author and columnist James Bloodworth sent out a press release for his new book, The Myth of Meritocracy: Why Working-Class Kids Still Get Working Class Jobs, he was happy to hear back from the Huffington Post, whose editors asked him to write something for the site.
But when Bloodworth’s publicist followed up with the Huffington Post about pay, they were told there would be none. Bloodworth then took to Twitter to air his frustration, and within 24 hours, his tweets went viral.