Lessons From Living-Wage Campaigns
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2361971 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Stephanie Luce (University of Massachusetts Amherst, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 423-440 |
| Publication date | 2005-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Work and Occupations (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0730-8884 • E-ISSN: 1552-8464 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0730888405279093 |
| OpenAlex | W1969851222 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 3 |
This article looks at 10 years of living-wage campaigns to draw out lessons for labor-movement revitalization. Living-wage advocates have succeeded in passing legislation, building labor-community coalitions, raising awareness on economic development and wage issues, assisting new union organizing and winning raises for already unionized workers. Unions could also benefit by following lessons based on the living-wage movement. For example, labor must develop long-term allies, create a moral vision of its own, work from inside and outside the political process to pass and then enforce laws, and do a better job at involving rank-and-file members
Business · Economics · Labour economics · Legislation · Living wage · Minimum wage · Political science · Politics · Wage · Engineering · Labor Movements and Unions · Law
Moving Management
Moral Economy and the Ethics of the Real Living Wage in UK Football Clubs
Living Wages in Latin America
Living Wage Ordinances and Wages, Poverty, and Unemployment in US Cities
Density Matters
Organizing across Difference and across Campus
Starting from Scratch
World Cities and Union Renewal
Unions and Job Quality in the UK
| Unique citing works | 9 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,47 |
| Citation span | 2007 - 2024 (18) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |