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'''Living Incomes Vision Campaign'''
'''Living Incomes Vision Campaign'''


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'''"No person who works a full-time job should have to live in poverty"'''
 
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We see Livable wages as Positive for Working Americans and for America
* More income brings more prosperity


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* More income brings economic progress


More income brings more prosperity
* More income brings less dependence on government


More income brings economic growth
* More income brings competitiveness, encourages workers & productivity


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* More income brings fairness to a system that needs to build the middle class again and compete globally


More income brings less dependence on government
* More income brings advances in 'purchasing power' across the economy


More income brings competitiveness, encourages workers & productivity


More income brings fairness to a system that needs to build the middle class again and compete globally
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'''Living Incomes for America'''
'''"Living Incomes for America"'''


'''Envisioning Success in Our Workforce'''
'''"Envisioning Success in Our Workforce"'''




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What is a livable/living wage?
'''What is a livable/living wage?'''


'''A living wage is defined as the wage that can meet the basic needs to maintain a safe, decent standard of living within the community.'''
'''A living wage is defined as the wage that can meet the basic needs to maintain a safe, decent standard of living within the community.'''
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'''Is a living wage a religious issue?'''
'''Is a living wage a religious issue?'''
'''Yes'''


http://www.emilytimbol.com/2014/09/the-fight-for-a-living-wage-is-a-christian-issue/
http://www.emilytimbol.com/2014/09/the-fight-for-a-living-wage-is-a-christian-issue/
http://www.povertyusa.org/our-mission/pope-francis-on-poverty/
Pope Francis in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evangelii_gaudium Joy of the Gospel]: ''“We are not simply talking about ensuring nourishment or a ‘dignified sustenance’ for all people, but also their ‘general temporal welfare and prosperity.’ This means education, access to health care, and above all employment, for it is through free, creative, participatory and mutually supportive labor that human beings express and enhance the dignity of their lives. A just wage enables them to have adequate access to all the other goods which are destined for our common use.”''




'''What people think about a minimum wage or living wage -- and the reality'''
'''What people think often think about a minimum wage or living wage -- and the reality'''


[[File:Working-wages.png | link=http://www.epi.org/]]
[[File:Working-wages.png | link=http://www.epi.org/]]
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'''http://livingwage.mit.edu/'''
'''http://livingwage.mit.edu/'''
More than 50,000 people visit MIT’s Living Wage Calculator each month, trying to understand the gap between what Americans earn and what they need to earn to cover basic needs...


[[File:Living Wage Calculator MIT.png | link=http://livingwage.mit.edu/]]
[[File:Living Wage Calculator MIT.png | link=http://livingwage.mit.edu/]]
http://slice.mit.edu/2014/02/06/mit-living-wage-calculator-why-higher-wages-help-everybody/
http://www.marketplace.org/topics/business/meet-woman-behind-ikeas-living-wage-calculator
http://www.livingwageforfamilies.ca/employers/living-wage-calculator/




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<h2>Raising America’s Pay -- Why It’s Our Central Economic Policy Challenge</h2>
<h2>Raising America’s Pay -- Why It’s Our Central Economic Policy Challenge</h2>


http://www.epi.org/publication/safety-net-savings-from-raising-minimum-wage/
http://www.epi.org/publication/safety-net-savings-from-raising-minimum-wage/
'''The ranks of the working poor now exceed 47 million, driven in part by the steep erosion of wage standards throughout our economy.'''
Over the last forty years, the real value of the federal minimum wage has fallen by close to 30%... the minimum wage remains far too low to sustain working families. 
'''Living Wage Ordinances'''
November 2013 - StateLaw.org/State Innovation Exchange - https://www.facebook.com/alicelawproject
[http://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/Living_Wage_Ordinances_Nov2013_complete_document_Proj_of_ALICE_Univ_of_Wisconsin.pdf '''Study of US Living Wage Laws/Ordinances-PDF, Project of the University of Wisconsin''']
[https://stateinnovation.org/catalog/1937 '''Local Living Wage Ordinances: Experience, Evidence and Best Practices -- State Innovation Exchange''']
[http://community-wealth.org/content/local-living-wage-ordinances-experience-evidence-and-best-practice '''Living Wage Ordinance -- Community Wealth Org''']
[http://www.peri.umass.edu/236/hash/828cb127367263684c20f26ec3a4da27/publication/56 '''Living Wage Laws in Practice-Abstract - 2004''']
[http://www.peri.umass.edu/fileadmin/pdf/research_brief/RR8.pdf '''Living Wage Laws-Complete Document-PDF''']
LAANE - http://www.laane.org/who-we-are/about-laane/
'''Living Wage News''' - http://www.laane.org/whats-new/category/in-the-news/living-wage-news/


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http://www.epi.org/publication/bp170/
http://www.epi.org/publication/bp170/
[[File:Time for a raise -SOTU2015.jpg]]


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; <big><big>'''Resources'''</big></big>
; <big><big>'''Resources'''</big></big>


Economic Policy Institute -- Shared Prosperity
Economic Policy Institute -- '''Shared Prosperity'''
http://www.epi.org/ -- https://twitter.com/EconomicPolicy  
http://www.epi.org/ -- https://twitter.com/EconomicPolicy  


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http://www.epi.org/publication/safety-net-savings-from-raising-minimum-wage/
http://www.epi.org/publication/safety-net-savings-from-raising-minimum-wage/
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'''Living Wage and Minimum Wage''' -- National Employment Law Project
http://www.nelp.org/site/issues/category/living_wage_and_minimum_wage/
http://www.raisetheminimumwage.org/
[http://www.raisetheminimumwage.com/blog/entry/new-poll-shows-overwhelming-support-for-substantial-minimum-wage-increase/ New Poll Shows Overwhelming Support for Substantial Minimum Wage Increase]
January 15, 2015 -- A new poll shows 75% of Americans – including 53% of Republicans – support raising the national minimum wage to $12.50 by 2020
November 2014 -- Voters raise the minimum wage in four states and two major cities
http://www.raisetheminimumwage.com/blog/entry/its-a-sweep-voters-raise-the-minimum-wage-in-four-states-and-two-cities/


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US House Committee on Education and the Workforce
[http://www.demos.org/walmart-can-give-its-low-wage-workforce-raise '''Walmart can give its Low-Wage Workforce a Raise''']
 
§
 
'''US House Committee on Education and the Workforce'''


The Low-Wage Drag on Our Economy: Wal-Mart’s low wages and their effect on taxpayers and economic growth
The Low-Wage Drag on Our Economy: Wal-Mart’s low wages and their effect on taxpayers and economic growth
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; <big><big>'''Social Media Links'''</big></big>
; <big><big>'''Social Media Links'''</big></big>
https://twitter.com/hashtag/LivingWage?src=hash -- #LivingWage


@EconomicPolicy -- https://twitter.com/EconomicPolicy
@EconomicPolicy -- https://twitter.com/EconomicPolicy
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'''Fast Food, Poverty Wages, Public Costs'''
http://laborcenter.berkeley.edu/pdf/2013/fast_food_poverty_wages.pdf
'''Nearly three-quarters (73 percent) of enrollments in America’s major public benefits programs are from working families.'''
Many of them work in jobs that pay wages so low that their paychecks do not generate enough income to provide for life’s basic necessities. Low wages paid by employers in the fast-food industry create especially acute problems for the families of workers in this industry. Median pay for core front-line fast-food jobs is $8.69 an hour, with many jobs paying at or near the minimum wage.
Benefits are also scarce for front-line fast-food workers; an estimated 87 percent do not receive health benefits through their employer. The combination of low wages and benefits, often coupled with part-time employment, means that many of the families of fast-food workers must rely on taxpayer-funded safety net
programs to make ends meet.
The [http://laborcenter.berkeley.edu/pdf/2013/fast_food_poverty_wages.pdf '''Fast Food, Poverty Wages Report'''] estimates the public cost of low-wage jobs in the fast-food industry. Medicaid, the Earned Income Tax Credit and the other public benefits programs discussed in this report provide a vital support system for millions of Americans working in the United States’ service industries, including fast food. We analyze public program utilization by working families and estimate total average annual public benefitexpenditures on the families of front-line fast-food workers for the years 2007–2011.
In this analysis the focus is on jobs held by core, front-line fast-food workers, defined as nonmanagerial workers who work at least 11 hours per week for 27 or more weeks per year...


[[File:MimimumWageCoststoSociety.jpg]]
[[File:MimimumWageCoststoSociety.jpg]]




[[File:We are a certified Living Wage Employer.jpg]]
; <big><big>Certified' Living Wage Program models</big></big>
Asheville - http://justeconomicswnc.org/living-wage-certified-employers/
: http://www.carolinapublicpress.org/9728/area-living-wage-program-%E2%80%98largest-in-the-nation%E2%80%99
Buffalo - http://news.wbfo.org/post/new-program-launched-promote-living-wage
Ithaca - http://www.ithaca.com/news/city-of-ithaca-becomes-living-wage-employer/article_21f0b772-6808-11e3-a497-0019bb2963f4.html
Western Massachusetts - http://www.livingwagewesternmass.net/certified-employers/
; <big><big>Living Wage Ordinance models</big></big>
Cities
Detroit - http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Detroit,_MI_Living_Wage
Los Angeles - http://bca.lacity.org/index.cfm?nxt=lco&nxt_body=tutorials_lwo.cfm
: Los Angeles/Long Beach/California/National Living Wage Laws/Ordinances/Research/Results - http://www.laane.org/?s=living+wage
: Los Angeles - In 1997, Los Angeles became one of the first major cities to pass a living wage law... http://www.irle.ucla.edu/publications/documents/LivingWage_fullreport.pdf
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; <big><big>'''International Living Wage Campaigns'''</big></big>


Social Accountability, International
[http://sa-intl.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Page.ViewPage&pageId=1584 Living Wage] - Work to mainstream a groundbreaking methodology to advance the payment of the living wage
http://www.international-convention-for-minimum-wage.org/
http://fairwageguide.org/
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWSxzjyMNpU Global Wealth Inequality - Video]
'''Most free trade agreements - like NAFTA and the forthcoming TPP - empower foreign corporations to sue sovereign governments for regulatory legislation that reduces their profits.''' 
'''Advocacy for an International Minimum Wage'''
http://www.grameenfoundation.org/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BRAC_%28NGO%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_minimum_wages_by_country
[[File:Map of global minimum wages per hour in USD.svg.png | link=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_minimum_wages_by_country]]
http://www.cleanclothes.org/livingwage/living-wage
[[File:ASIA-Living v Minimum wage MAY 2014.jpg | link=http://www.cleanclothes.org/livingwage/living-wage]]




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LIV

Living Incomes Vision Campaign

"No person who works a full-time job should have to live in poverty"

○ ○

  • More income brings more prosperity
  • More income brings economic progress
  • More income brings less dependence on government
  • More income brings competitiveness, encourages workers & productivity
  • More income brings fairness to a system that needs to build the middle class again and compete globally
  • More income brings advances in 'purchasing power' across the economy


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"Living Incomes for America"

"Envisioning Success in Our Workforce"


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What is a livable/living wage?

A living wage is defined as the wage that can meet the basic needs to maintain a safe, decent standard of living within the community.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Living_wage

Is a living wage a religious issue?

Yes

http://www.emilytimbol.com/2014/09/the-fight-for-a-living-wage-is-a-christian-issue/

http://www.povertyusa.org/our-mission/pope-francis-on-poverty/

Pope Francis in Joy of the Gospel: “We are not simply talking about ensuring nourishment or a ‘dignified sustenance’ for all people, but also their ‘general temporal welfare and prosperity.’ This means education, access to health care, and above all employment, for it is through free, creative, participatory and mutually supportive labor that human beings express and enhance the dignity of their lives. A just wage enables them to have adequate access to all the other goods which are destined for our common use.”

What people think often think about a minimum wage or living wage -- and the reality

Working-wages.png


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Living Wage Calculator

Use the "Living Wage Calculator" to estimate the cost of living in your community/region, state/county/city.

The calculator lists typical expenses, the living wage, and typical wages for your selected location.

http://livingwage.mit.edu/

More than 50,000 people visit MIT’s Living Wage Calculator each month, trying to understand the gap between what Americans earn and what they need to earn to cover basic needs...

Living Wage Calculator MIT.png


http://slice.mit.edu/2014/02/06/mit-living-wage-calculator-why-higher-wages-help-everybody/

http://www.marketplace.org/topics/business/meet-woman-behind-ikeas-living-wage-calculator

http://www.livingwageforfamilies.ca/employers/living-wage-calculator/


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Raising America’s Pay -- Why It’s Our Central Economic Policy Challenge

http://www.epi.org/publication/safety-net-savings-from-raising-minimum-wage/

The ranks of the working poor now exceed 47 million, driven in part by the steep erosion of wage standards throughout our economy.

Over the last forty years, the real value of the federal minimum wage has fallen by close to 30%... the minimum wage remains far too low to sustain working families.

Living Wage Ordinances

November 2013 - StateLaw.org/State Innovation Exchange - https://www.facebook.com/alicelawproject

Study of US Living Wage Laws/Ordinances-PDF, Project of the University of Wisconsin

Local Living Wage Ordinances: Experience, Evidence and Best Practices -- State Innovation Exchange

Living Wage Ordinance -- Community Wealth Org

Living Wage Laws in Practice-Abstract - 2004

Living Wage Laws-Complete Document-PDF

LAANE - http://www.laane.org/who-we-are/about-laane/

Living Wage News - http://www.laane.org/whats-new/category/in-the-news/living-wage-news/

Economic Impact of Local Living Wages

http://www.epi.org/publication/bp170/

Time for a raise -SOTU2015.jpg

Resources

Economic Policy Institute -- Shared Prosperity http://www.epi.org/ -- https://twitter.com/EconomicPolicy

http://www.epi.org/publication/why-americas-workers-need-faster-wage-growth/

http://www.epi.org/publication/safety-net-savings-from-raising-minimum-wage/

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Living Wage and Minimum Wage -- National Employment Law Project http://www.nelp.org/site/issues/category/living_wage_and_minimum_wage/

http://www.raisetheminimumwage.org/

New Poll Shows Overwhelming Support for Substantial Minimum Wage Increase

January 15, 2015 -- A new poll shows 75% of Americans – including 53% of Republicans – support raising the national minimum wage to $12.50 by 2020

November 2014 -- Voters raise the minimum wage in four states and two major cities http://www.raisetheminimumwage.com/blog/entry/its-a-sweep-voters-raise-the-minimum-wage-in-four-states-and-two-cities/

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Forbes - April 15, 2014

Report: Walmart Workers Cost Taxpayers $6.2 Billion In Public Assistance

http://www.forbes.com/sites/clareoconnor/2014/04/15/report-walmart-workers-cost-taxpayers-6-2-billion-in-public-assistance/

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Walmart can give its Low-Wage Workforce a Raise

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US House Committee on Education and the Workforce

The Low-Wage Drag on Our Economy: Wal-Mart’s low wages and their effect on taxpayers and economic growth

http://democrats.edworkforce.house.gov/sites/democrats.edworkforce.house.gov/files/documents/WalMartReport-May2013.pdf

Social Media Links

https://twitter.com/hashtag/LivingWage?src=hash -- #LivingWage

@EconomicPolicy -- https://twitter.com/EconomicPolicy

@equitablegrowth -- https://twitter.com/equitablegrowth

@Living_Cities -- https://twitter.com/Living_Cities


Work Hours needed weekly to afford rent US2014.jpg

Fast Food, Poverty Wages, Public Costs

http://laborcenter.berkeley.edu/pdf/2013/fast_food_poverty_wages.pdf

Nearly three-quarters (73 percent) of enrollments in America’s major public benefits programs are from working families.

Many of them work in jobs that pay wages so low that their paychecks do not generate enough income to provide for life’s basic necessities. Low wages paid by employers in the fast-food industry create especially acute problems for the families of workers in this industry. Median pay for core front-line fast-food jobs is $8.69 an hour, with many jobs paying at or near the minimum wage.

Benefits are also scarce for front-line fast-food workers; an estimated 87 percent do not receive health benefits through their employer. The combination of low wages and benefits, often coupled with part-time employment, means that many of the families of fast-food workers must rely on taxpayer-funded safety net programs to make ends meet.

The Fast Food, Poverty Wages Report estimates the public cost of low-wage jobs in the fast-food industry. Medicaid, the Earned Income Tax Credit and the other public benefits programs discussed in this report provide a vital support system for millions of Americans working in the United States’ service industries, including fast food. We analyze public program utilization by working families and estimate total average annual public benefitexpenditures on the families of front-line fast-food workers for the years 2007–2011.

In this analysis the focus is on jobs held by core, front-line fast-food workers, defined as nonmanagerial workers who work at least 11 hours per week for 27 or more weeks per year...


MimimumWageCoststoSociety.jpg


We are a certified Living Wage Employer.jpg


Certified' Living Wage Program models

Asheville - http://justeconomicswnc.org/living-wage-certified-employers/

http://www.carolinapublicpress.org/9728/area-living-wage-program-%E2%80%98largest-in-the-nation%E2%80%99

Buffalo - http://news.wbfo.org/post/new-program-launched-promote-living-wage

Ithaca - http://www.ithaca.com/news/city-of-ithaca-becomes-living-wage-employer/article_21f0b772-6808-11e3-a497-0019bb2963f4.html

Western Massachusetts - http://www.livingwagewesternmass.net/certified-employers/

Living Wage Ordinance models

Cities

Detroit - http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Detroit,_MI_Living_Wage

Los Angeles - http://bca.lacity.org/index.cfm?nxt=lco&nxt_body=tutorials_lwo.cfm

Los Angeles/Long Beach/California/National Living Wage Laws/Ordinances/Research/Results - http://www.laane.org/?s=living+wage
Los Angeles - In 1997, Los Angeles became one of the first major cities to pass a living wage law... http://www.irle.ucla.edu/publications/documents/LivingWage_fullreport.pdf


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International Living Wage Campaigns


Social Accountability, International Living Wage - Work to mainstream a groundbreaking methodology to advance the payment of the living wage

http://www.international-convention-for-minimum-wage.org/

http://fairwageguide.org/

Global Wealth Inequality - Video

Most free trade agreements - like NAFTA and the forthcoming TPP - empower foreign corporations to sue sovereign governments for regulatory legislation that reduces their profits.

Advocacy for an International Minimum Wage

http://www.grameenfoundation.org/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BRAC_%28NGO%29

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_minimum_wages_by_country


Map of global minimum wages per hour in USD.svg.png



http://www.cleanclothes.org/livingwage/living-wage

ASIA-Living v Minimum wage MAY 2014.jpg