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200 00$aLiving wage movements $eglobal perspectives /$fedited by Deborah M. Figart
210  1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2004.
215   $a1 online resource (251 p.)
225 1 $aAdvances in social economics
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a0-415-65546-3 
311   $a0-415-32002-X 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aBook 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
327   $aThe 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; Index
330   $aLiving wage activism has spanned time and space, reaching across decades and national boundaries. Conditions generating living wage movements early in the twentieth century have resurfaced in the twenty-first century, only on a global scale: 'sweated' labour, macroeconomic instability, and job insecurity.Upon reviewing the empirical evidence, the book's contributors make strong cases both for and against living wage activism. The effective blend of historical, contemporary, and global perspectives provides opportunities for teachers, scholars, and activists to evaluate how we can address l
410  0$aAdvances in social economics.
606   $aLiving wage movement
606   $aLabor movement
615  0$aLiving wage movement.
615  0$aLabor movement.
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