Living Wage Movements : Global Perspectives.
The effective blend of historical, contemporary, and global perspectives provides opportunities for teachers, scholars, and activists to evaluate how we can address low pay at the organizational and macroeconomic levels.
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Routledge,
2004.
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Full text (MFA users only) |
| ISBN: | 9780203629451 0203629450 |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgments; List of abbreviations; Introduction to living wages around the globe; What is a living?; The right to an individual living wage; Wages and hours: historical and contemporary linkages; Living wage laws and the case for a targeted wage subsidy; The determination of living wages; Living wage and low pay campaigns: contemporary global activism; The living wage movement mushrooms in the United States; Organizing homeworkers in Toronto's garment industry; Living wage and low pay campaigns in Britain.
- The living wage in Australia: history, recent developments, and current challengesThe fight for living standards in New Zealand; Evidence and lessons from US empirical studies; The Miami living wage ordinance: primary and secondary effects; Minimum wages and living wages: raising incomes by mandating wage floors; The economic impact of living wage ordinances; Living wages in US communities: an analysis of costs of services a.