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Tag: Minimum Wage

Posted inEconomic Justice, Living Wage

How the 2019 Living Wage Survey was developed

by MLK50 Memphis April 4, 2019October 5, 2020
Posted inDemocracy, Economic Justice, Elections, Living Wage

No living wage for public employees, say Republican county commissioners

by Wendi C. Thomas March 26, 2019October 5, 2020
Posted inEconomic Justice, Living Wage

It’s in the email: Living Wage Survey

by Deborah Douglas March 14, 2019October 5, 2020
Posted inEconomic Justice, Living Wage, Unions

Agreeing to raise the minimum wage is one thing, actually doing it is another

by J. Dylan Sandifer March 6, 2019October 5, 2020
Posted inEducation, Living Wage

Proposed living wage for SCS employees welcome — but late

by Susanne Jackson April 15, 2018October 5, 2020
Posted inEconomic Justice, Education, Living Wage

For Shelby County Schools $15 wage plan, the time is right to do what’s right

by Amy Guth April 15, 2018October 5, 2020
Posted inEconomic Justice, Living Wage, Poverty, Workers

Earning a living wage gave Juice Plus+ employee a new attitude—and a house

by Melonee Gaines March 29, 2018June 2, 2022
Posted inEconomic Justice, Living Wage, Poverty, Workers

What would it take to bridge the black-white wealth gap?

by Rebekah Marie Yearout March 26, 2018June 2, 2022
Posted inEconomic Justice, Living Wage, Poverty, Unions

When businesses get tax breaks and citizens get poverty-wage jobs

by Rebekah Marie Yearout March 20, 2018October 5, 2020
Posted inLiving Wage, Poverty, Workers

Living Wage Week: MIT tool factors in real world living expenses to calculate pay

by Wendi C. Thomas March 10, 2018June 2, 2022

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