PPT-MINIMUM WAGE – A LIVING WAGE?

The Economic Justice Action Team The Unitarian Universalist Justice Ministry of California No labor is menial unless youre not getting adequate wages Dr Martin Luther King Jr The minimum wage is about people living their lives. x Minimum wage increases recently imposed in American Samoa resulted in economic effects so pronounced that President Obama signed into law a bill postponing th em x A 2006 review of more than 100 minimum wage studies by David Neumark and William Wa Harms Idaho’s Teenagers & Small Businesses. 1. Having a minimum wage in the first place is wrong.. Forcing someone to pay more for a service than he would otherwise is strong-arming. It’s an abuse of property rights. . Emerging . Countries?. A Review of Studies and Methodologies. Dale Belman . &. Paul Wolfson. Why Another Review ?. Considerable research on emerging economies. Nataraj, S., F Perez-Arce and K. B. Kumar, “The Impact of Labor market Regulation on Employment in Low-Income Countries: A Meta-Analysis,” . Waterloo Regional Labour Council. Presented on April 8, 2014. Lyndsey Butcher, Project Manager. Who We Are. Social Planning Council. o. f Kitchener-Waterloo. and Community Members!. What is the Living Wage?. New . Rules . and the . Old. October 19, 2016. Panelists: William . Harn. , Micah . Heilbrun. , Alexis . Pheiffer. & Tritia Murata. Overview. Wage and Hour Laws: The Basics. New FLSA Regulations. Charles Weise. Jennifer Flores. October 26, 2017. The low wage problem. In 2016, the poverty level for a family of four was $24,336 – equivalent to $11.70 hourly wage for a full-time worker. Estimates of “living wage” or “basic needs wage” are higher than that. Budget. for. . a. . Decent. . Living. . –. . 2016. A. . research. . study. . focusing. . on. . three. . More:. A Look at Careers . in Leisure and Hospitality. November 29, 2017. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. 1. Welcome. Logistics. Call-in number: . 888-625-5230. Participant code: . 891 719 39#. Webinar link: . Group 3. K.C. Howell. Virginia Retirement . System. Cindy Davis. Department of Housing and Community Development. Shane . Caudill. Department of General Services. Lori Snider. Department of Transportation. Process Recommendations. Finance Committee – February 20, 2019. Develop a Business/Non-profit . Profile. Most . of Olympia’s businesses are small or very . small. Olympia is home to a . number of non-profit organizations. All would be impacted by an increase in the minimum wage. A business profile will help identify the number and scale of . League of Women Voters Berkeley Albany Emeryville. www.lwvbae.org/living-wage-and-economic-inequality. Nancy Bickel and Pat . Kuhi. Agenda. Why Living Wage Concurrence? . Why Economic Inequality Study? . T H Gindling University of Maryland Baltimore County Katherine Terrell University of Michigan CEPR WDI and IZA Bonn Discussion Paper No 1159 May 2004 IZA PO Box 7240 53072 Bonn Germany Phone 49- NOTICE5ermonts minimum wage rate increases annually every January 1 by either 5 or the percentage increase of the Consumer Price Index CPI-U UScity average not seasonally adjusted whichever is smaller Synthesis of relevant research. 1 December 2015. 1. Introduction. Labour market analysis. Poverty lines, working poor and a NMW. Minimum wages in South Africa . Impact of a NMW on economy, employment & collective bargaining.