Living Wage Labor Issues

Living Wage

• - Proposes self-sufficiency standards and the potential advantages of a statewide living wage. Describes the recent history of local legislation on the issue.
  
• - Includes information on existing ordinances and current campaigns.
  
• - Long term sustainable development through The Living Wages North and South Initiative (TLWNSI), a corporate social responsibility program for gradual wage equalization.
  
• - An interdenominational employee-owner ministry, open to people of all faiths, races and ethnic backgrounds, working to provide improved economic opportunities.
  
• - An alliance of faith groups, unions, schools and community groups launches the first Living Wage Campaign in England.
  
• - Somerville MA residents for fair treatment at the workplace. Includes calendar of events and the group's living wage ordinance.
  
• - Colorado College's campaign for fair treatment of staff and Sodexho workers on campus.
  
• - Campaign reports and articles about Dane County's cost of living and wages.
  
• - According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, more than 20 million workers earn less than $9 an hour - not enough to buy the basics in some areas. In a series of special reports, NPR's Noah Adams travels throughout the US to profile the low-income workfor
  
• - Living wage resource site including research and an updated list of city proposals.
  
• - A new study shows higher incomes from 'living wage' outweigh the cost in job losses. From the Christian Science Monitor.
  
• - Frequently asked questions, analysis of working incomes, and organizing and actions in the state.
  
• - General information and publications about living wage by the Economic Policy Institute.
  
• - Introduction, petition, donations, volunteer information, FAQ, rent statistics, legislation, and links.
  
• - Describes an Oregon family's journey through nine budgets, beginning with welfare dependency and ending with living wage employment.
  
• - Campaign to eradicate poverty wages at Harvard University. Includes a comprehensive report on poverty wages at Harvard, with a detailed discussion of the spread low-wage labor on campus, analysis and critique of reforms developed by Harvard, and testimoni
  
• - Report and FAQ about living wage from Responsible Wealth, a project of United for a Fair Economy.
  
  

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