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A measure of fairness : the economics of living wages and minimum wages in the United States / by Pollin, Robert.(CARDINAL)365736;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-278) and index.The economic logic and moral imperative of living wages -- Debating living wage laws : Paul Krugman versus Robert Pollin -- A $6.15 minimum wage for New Orleans : what it would have meant for businesses -- The Santa Fe citywide living wage measure : the impact on business of the $8.50 standard -- Spending injections from the Arizona minimum wage increase : how businesses benefit -- What is a living wage? : considerations for Santa Monica, California -- How Santa Monica workers would have benefited from a $10.75 living wage -- How workers and their families will benefit from the Arizona minimum wage increase -- Living wage laws in practice : retrospective studies on Boston, Hartford, and New Haven -- Mandated wage floors and the wage structure : new estimates of the ripple effects of minimum wage laws -- Employment effects of higher minimum wages : a state-by-state comparative analysis -- Comments on Aaron Yelowitz, "Santa Fe's living wage ordinance and the labor market" -- Detecting the effects of living wage laws : a comment on Neumark and Adams.
Subjects: Living wage movement; Minimum wage;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Short stories in a long journey : what it takes to end and prevent homelessness / by Troxell, Richard R.,author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-273)."Richard R. Troxell's book Short Stories in a Long Journey blends his personal story with the life of an activist for ending and preventing homelessness. This book highlights the structural defects in our system and laws and proposes common-sense economic solutions to the problems of homelessness and substance abuse, such as the Universal Living Wage to address income inequality, a modest liquor surcharge to finance substance treatment, and a bronze statue to memorialize the struggle."--provided by Amazon.com.
Subjects: Homelessness.; Poverty.; Working poor.; Living wage movement.; Homelessness.; Living wage movement.; Poverty.; Working poor.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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"We are all fast-food workers now" : the global uprising against poverty wages / by Orleck, Annelise,author.(CARDINAL)386238;
Includes bibliographical references and index."The story of low-wage workers rising up around the world to demand respect and a living wage. We Are All Fast Food Workers Now: The Global Uprising Against Poverty Wages traces the evolution of a new global labor movement sparked and sustained by low-wage workers from Manila to Manhattan, from Baja California to Bangladesh, from Capetown to Cambodia. This is an up close and personal look at globalization and its costs, as seen through the eyes and told whenever possible through the words of low-wage workers themselves: the berry pickers and small farmers, fast food servers, retail cashiers, garment workers, hotel housekeepers, home health care aides, airport workers and adjunct professors who are fighting for respect, safety and a living wage. The result of 140 interviews by award-winning historian Annelise Orleck, and with original photographs by Liz Cooke, this is a powerful look at neo-liberalism and its damages, a story of resistance and rebellion, a reflection on hope and change as it rises from the bottom up"--
Subjects: Interviews.; Working poor; Living wage movement.;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 4
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Should the minimum wage be raised / by Owens, Layla,author.(CARDINAL)872408;
Includes bibliographical references (page 23) and index."Even though readers may be too young to earn a wage, the issue of minimum wage affects many Americans to some extent. This book introduces readers to the hot topic of minimum wage increases, which is often in the news. While some people think that the federal minimum wage should be raised to $15 to help lift people out of poverty and pay for rising rents, other people think that it will hurt business and lead to higher consumer prices. This tough topic is tackled with familiar language and relatable situations so young readers can comprehend arguments on either side. Readers will embrace critical thinking skills as they weigh both sides and check out the facts"--Grades 2-3
Subjects: Living wage movement; Living wage movement; Minimum wage; Minimum wage;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Minimum wage / by Reeder, Eric J.,Author(DLC)n 2021055631;
Includes bibliographical references (page 48) and index."This book explores the topic of minimum wage, highlighting the legislative history, the debates surrounding that legislation, and the effects minimum wage has on workers and employers"--.Grades 4-6
Subjects: Juvenile works.; Minimum wage; Living wage movement; Basic income; Labor; Wages;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Making work pay for North Carolina's low- and moderate-income working families : a state earned income tax credit for North Carolina / by Gray, Meg.(CARDINAL)282267; North Carolina Justice Center.(CARDINAL)282266;
Includes bibliographical references.Funded by: Working Poor Families Project, the Ford Foundation, the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, and the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation.
Subjects: Statistics.; Earned income tax credit; Earned income tax credit; Poor families; Living wage movement;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The two percent solution : fixing America's problems in ways liberals and conservatives can love / by Miller, Matthew,1961-;
Subjects: Campaign funds; Fiscal policy; Health care reform; Living wage movement;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Hood feminism : notes from the women that a movement forgot / by Kendall, Mikki,author.(CARDINAL)806025;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-267).Solidarity is still for white women -- Gun violence -- Hunger -- Of #FastTailedGirls and freedom -- It's raining patriarchy -- How to write about black women -- Pretty for a ... -- Black girls don't have eating disorders -- The fetishization of fierce -- The hood doesn't hate smart people -- Missing and murdered -- Fear and feminism -- Race, poverty, and politics -- Education -- Housing -- Reproductive justice, eugenics, and maternal mortality -- Parenting while marginalized -- Allies, anger, and accomplices."Today's feminist movement has a glaring blind spot, and paradoxically, it is women. Mainstream feminists rarely talk about meeting basic needs as a feminist issue, argues Mikki Kendall, but food insecurity, access to quality education, safe neighborhoods, a living wage, and medical care are all feminist issues. All too often, however, the focus is not on basic survival for the many, but on increasing privilege for the few. In her searing collection of essays, Mikki Kendall takes aim at the legitimacy of the modern feminist movement arguing that it has chronically failed to address the needs of all but a few women." -- Publisher's description
Subjects: Essays.; African American women; Women; Feminism; Women.; Womyn.; Feminism.; Women's movement.;
Available copies: 24 / Total copies: 38
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Labor in the industrial South; a survey of wages and living conditions in three major industries of the new industrial South / by Berglund, Abraham,1875-1942.(CARDINAL)197115; Starnes, George Talmage,1895-1955.(CARDINAL)223171; De Vyver, Frank Traver,1904-1980.(CARDINAL)213089;
Subjects: Working class; Labor movement; Labor; Industries;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
On-line resources: Suggest title for digitization;
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Living on the edge : when hard times become a way of life / by Pascale, Celine-Marie,1956-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.1. The Lay of the Land -- 2. The Struggling Class -- 3. A Hazardous Life: The High Price of Being Poor -- 4. Sacrifice Zones: The Places We Call Home -- 5. Ordinary Things That Can Only Happen Here -- 6. The Burdens of Prejudice: Class and Race -- 7. The Burdens Women Face -- 8. The Face of A Movement? -- 9. The Myths We Live By -- 10. And Then, The Pandemic... -- 11. The Future We Want."A portrait of struggling America and how it has been left behind"--For the majority of Americans, hard times have long been a way of life. Some work multiple low-wage jobs, others face the squeeze of stagnant wages and rising costs of living. Sociologist Celine-Marie Pascale talked with people across Appalachia, at the Standing Rock and Wind River reservations, and in the bustling city of Oakland, California. Their voices offer a wide range of experiences that complicate dominant national narratives about economic struggles. Yet Living on the Edge is about more than individual experiences. It's about a nation in a deep economic and moral crisis. It's about the long-standing collusion between government and corporations that prioritizes profits over people, over the environment, and over the nation's well-being. It's about how racism, sexism, violence, and the pandemic shape daily experience in struggling communities. And, ultimately, it's a book about hope that lays out a vision for the future as honest as it is ambitious. Most people in the book are not progressives; none are radicals. They're hard-working people who know from experience that the current system is unsustainable. Across the country people described the need for a living wage, accessible health care, immigration reform, and free education. Their voices are worth listening to--back cover.
Subjects: Working poor; Poverty; Equality;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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