03517nam 2200673Ia 450 991082876490332120200520144314.01-134-36242-00-203-68412-51-134-36243-91-280-07653-40-203-62945-010.4324/9780203629451 (CKB)1000000000251539(EBL)200445(OCoLC)437061091(SSID)ssj0000301910(PQKBManifestationID)11214569(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000301910(PQKBWorkID)10266968(PQKB)10503980(MiAaPQ)EBC200445(Au-PeEL)EBL200445(CaPaEBR)ebr10100514(CaONFJC)MIL7653(OCoLC)56551318(EXLCZ)99100000000025153920031007d2004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrLiving wage movements global perspectives /edited by Deborah M. Figart1st ed.London ;New York Routledge20041 online resource (251 p.)Advances in social economicsDescription based upon print version of record.0-415-65546-3 0-415-32002-X Includes bibliographical references and index.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 BritainThe 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 and economic development; IndexLiving wage activism has spanned time and space, reaching across decades and national boundaries. Conditions generating living wage movements early in the twentieth century have resurfaced in the twenty-first century, only on a global scale: 'sweated' labour, macroeconomic instability, and job insecurity.Upon reviewing the empirical evidence, the book's contributors make strong cases both for and against living wage activism. The effective blend of historical, contemporary, and global perspectives provides opportunities for teachers, scholars, and activists to evaluate how we can address lAdvances in social economics.Living wage movementLabor movementLiving wage movement.Labor movement.331.2/3Figart Deborah M892390MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910828764903321Living wage movements4097152UNINA