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- Business Leaders and Investors for a Living Wage - Report and FAQ about living wage from Responsible Wealth, a project of United for a Fair Economy.
- Harvard Living Wage Campaign - 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 testimonies of Harvard workers.
- Progressive Maryland: Living Wage Campaign - Proposes self-sufficiency standards and the potential advantages of a statewide living wage. Describes the recent history of local legislation on the issue.
- 'Living wage' Laws Gain Momentum Across US - A new study shows higher incomes from 'living wage' outweigh the cost in job losses. From the Christian Science Monitor.
- Living Wage Issue Guide - General information and publications about living wage by the Economic Policy Institute.
- Dane County Living Wage Campaign - Campaign reports and articles about Dane County's cost of living and wages.
- Campus Living Wage Project - A collection of interviews and information on campus "living wage" campaigns. Includes interviews with student activists and profiles of past campaigns.
- Employment Policies Institute - Living Wage Policies - Living wage resource site including research and an updated list of city proposals.
- Austin Living Wage Coalition - Works toward the goal that every working person is entitled to a decent standard of living. Includes living wage formula, ideas and myths, and events.
- The Jus Semper Global Alliance - Long term sustainable development through The Living Wages North and South Initiative (TLWNSI), a corporate social responsibility program for gradual wage equalization.
Wikipedia Articles
- Living wage - Living wage is a term used by advocates to refer to the minimum hourly wage necessary for a person to achieve some specific standard of living. In the context of developed countries such as the United Kingdom or Switzerland, this standard generally means that a person working forty hours ...
- Jemez runners - As much as 70% of the 1,890 Jemez Indians were living on their reservation lands in the early 1970s. Though by then an increasing number were switching to wage-earning work rather than agriculture, the residents continued to raise chili peppers, corn, and wheat, to speak their native language, and to maintain customary practices.
- National Coalition for the Homeless - The National Coalition for the Homeless is a non-profit organization providing direct assistance for homeless people with a variety of needs which include shelter, food, affordable housing and opportunities to work and earn a living wage. The Coalition also acts as an advocacy group on behalf of the homeless to protect their rights as citizens and human beings.