Workers Feeling Squeezed by the NBA Lockout

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/25/sports/basketball/in-newark-nba-lockout-costing-arena-workers-much-needed-income.html


     This article discussed the problem that many of ticket-takers, security guards, ushers, and concessionaires are struggling with due to the NBA lockout.  Simply, they are out of a job and many of them are having a difficult time making ends meet.  Many of these jobs don't pay particularly well, yet the fact that the workers aren't getting payed at all is most definitely a problem.  The article also provided many examples such as Scott Gold, who works at Prudential Center supervising the ushers.  Gold talked about how his job helped pay bills, especially around the holidays.  The reason that I chose this article is because I was actually thinking the same thing.  I wondered who the NBA lockout would affect, especially those that are affected directly, like all of the workers at the arena.
     The author made me have a lot of sympathy for all the workers out of a job.  I felt bad for all these people and it gives just another reason to hurry up and fix the lockout.  Before reading this article, I couldn't have cared less when the NBA lockout was resolved.  I enjoy a Celtics game once in a while but I am not much of a fan of basketball.  After reading the article, I was convinced that the owners and players must resolve the lockout in order to help these people.