- Harvard Living Wage Campaign - http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~pslm/livingwage/
Campaign to eradicate poverty wages at Harvard University. Includes a comprehensive report on poverty wages at Harvard, with a detailed discussion of the spread low-wage labor on campus, analysis and critique of reforms developed by Harvard, and testimonies of Harvard workers.
- The Living Wage - http://www.efn.org/~fairhous/livingwage/
Describes an Oregon family's journey through nine budgets, beginning with welfare dependency and ending with living wage employment.
- Living Wage Issue Guide - http://www.epinet.org/Issueguides/livingwage/livingwage.html
General information and publications about living wage by the Economic Policy Institute.
- Universal Living Wage Campaign - http://www.universallivingwage.org/
Introduction, petition, donations, volunteer information, FAQ, rent statistics, legislation, and links.
- Harvest for Humanity - http://www.aboutharvest.org
An interdenominational employee-owner ministry, open to people of all faiths, races and ethnic backgrounds, working to provide improved economic opportunities.
- England's First Living Wage Campaign - http://www.livingwage.org.uk
An alliance of faith groups, unions, schools and community groups launches the first Living Wage Campaign in England.
- 'Living wage' Laws Gain Momentum Across US - http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0315/p01s02-usec.html
A new study shows higher incomes from 'living wage' outweigh the cost in job losses. From the Christian Science Monitor.
- The Jus Semper Global Alliance - http://www.jussemper.org/
Long term sustainable development through The Living Wages North and South Initiative (TLWNSI), a corporate social responsibility program for gradual wage equalization.
- NPR : Low-Wage America - http://www.npr.org/news/specials/low_wage/
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, more than 20 million workers earn less than $9 an hour - not enough to buy the basics in some areas. In a series of special reports, NPR's Noah Adams travels throughout the US to profile the low-income workforce, talking with people about their jobs, their families and their hopes for the future.
- Vermont Livable Wage Campaign - http://www.vtlivablewage.org/
Frequently asked questions, analysis of working incomes, and organizing and actions in the state.
- Progressive Maryland: Living Wage Campaign - http://progressivemaryland.org/page.php?id=148
Proposes self-sufficiency standards and the potential advantages of a statewide living wage. Describes the recent history of local legislation on the issue.
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