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Showing 1 to 20 of 36 for “"Living wage"”.
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What is an adequate living wage level for South Africa?
… had three aims: To determine what an adequate living wage level for South Africa would be, to assess the differences between provinces when looking at quality of life (QoL) and income and what the implications arising from this would be for a national living wage, and lastly, to compare …
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Low-Income Workers Perceptions About a Living Wage in the Tshwane Municipality
A living wage is predicted as one of the panaceas to take low-remuneration workers out of the poverty trap, to empower and sustain them to live a dignified life. In the literature it is argued that low-remuneration workers work in precarious jobs globally. Theoretically a living wage is predicted …
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Promoting living wage in Hamilton : a comparative case study of faith-based activism
The literature contains much debate about the living wage, but few studies focus on faith activism. Since the living wage debate began in the late 1800s, Christian practice has led the movement culture of the western working class. This paper develops a new conceptual approach to measuring the …
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¡El Salario es de Quien Trabaja! : a methodology for living wage estimations in Mexico City
… Dr. Amy Glasmeier to help systematize and scale living wage estimates in Mexico. The goal was to emulate the MIT Living Wage Calculator, which Dr. Glasmeier created as a source for living wage estimates across the U.S., in order to establish a similar calculator for Mexico, beginning with a pilot …
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A living wage : strategies for implementation of the minimun wage : the case of the Indian beedi industry
… production and locates in regions that have low wages. Most of the production in the beedi industry is carried out by subcontracting, where the workers are exploited in terms of low wages, lack of social security benefits and poor working conditions. In 1966, the Government of India enacted the …
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Ten Cents a Dance: Taxi Dancers, a Living Wage, and the Sexual Politics of Women's Work, 1912-1952
… working women justified taxi dancing by the high wages that they received.</p> <p>With this as a contextual framework, my dissertation examines the emergence of taxi dancing as a profession for working-class women, tracing its rise in popularity in the 1920s and 1930s and slow decline in the …
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SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO'S LIVING WAGE ORDINANCE AND ITS EFFECTS ON THE EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES OF WORKERS IN LOW-WAGE OCCUPATIONS'
In June of 2004 the City of Santa Fe enacted a living wage ordinance requiring an $8.50 minimum wage, the largest increase of a universal coverage municipal wage floor over its previous prevailing minimum of any municipal living wage law preceding it. Using occupational employment and wage …
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The social cost of low wages
Introduction: Living wage ordinances require city-contracted firms to pay their workers a wage that is set above the state's minimum wage. The first ordinance was implemented in Baltimore in 1994, in recognition that workers earning close to the minimum wage do not earn enough to be able to meet …
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Social movement trade unionism: An investigation of workers’ perceptions of the Congress of South African Trade Unions and the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions practices on election and living wage issues
… Trade Unions (ZCTU) practices on elections and living wage issues from a social movement perspective from the Apartheid (South Africa) and Unilateral Declaration of Independence (Zimbabwe) eras to 2009. The trade union social movement perspective refers to labour movements that develop a …
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The developments of minimum wage legislation in the United Kingdom
… an examination of the legal developments made in wage regulations within the United Kingdom. The period that has been chosen for examination spans from the 18th to the 21st century. This period was chosen for examination due to the huge social, political, economic and legal changes that took place …
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Less-skilled workers & the high-technology economy : a regional jobs strategy for Lawrence, MA
… about the nature of disconnects between low-wage cities and high-wage surrounding regions. Lawrence, MA is used as a case study to examine the unique employment structures and practices of local economies. The primary goal of this thesis is to use first-hand research with regional …
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The Transition From Welfare to Work: An Analysis of Factors Influencing Women's Employment Patterns
… including the creation of jobs which pay a living wage as low-wage work does not prevent poverty. The need for greater local employment opportunities and increased transportation options for city residents is also clear.
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Challenges in implementing green workforce development training
… are increasingly training low-income workers for living wage jobs that contribute to environmental services or benefits. Yet, effectively preparing workers for jobs in emergent green economies, which can span many different sectors from energy efficiency to waste management, presents significant …
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A global regulatory new deal for precarious and informal workers
… initiative that aims to promote a global living wage and regulate supply chains is canvassed. The proposal includes the establishment of an international disputes mechanism for enforcement of global remuneration minima, combined with tribunals that operate at national levels empowered to …
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A global regulatory new deal for precarious and informal workers
… initiative that aims to promote a global living wage and regulate supply chains is canvassed. The proposal includes the establishment of an international disputes mechanism for enforcement of global remuneration minima, combined with tribunals that operate at national levels empowered to …
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Did "Pookie" get a green-collar job? : a critical case study on the East Bay Green Corridor's employment goals, activities, and impacts
… California, and how it failed to create stable, living wage economic opportunities for those with high employment barriers between 2007 and 2012. By analyzing semi-structured interviews with key informants and green economic development data at regional and urban levels, it provides insight on …
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Low-income communities : technological strategies for nurturing community, empowerment and self-sufficiency at a low-income housing development
… increasing demand for affordable housing and a living wage. This thesis, through research-based exploration and observations of a particular information technology transfer project, considers a relatively contemporary concern known as the Digital Divide (U.S. Department of Commerce, 1995, 1997, …
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Barriers to Leaving Poverty
… plan that leads to a job that provides with a living wage and the flexibility of employment benefits. In addition to job readiness programming, the whole person approach includes time during the program design planning process to apply Freire’s critical consciousness theory and self-reflection …
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Money and Sustainability: Examining the Potential Moderating Role of Financial Capability and Decent Work on the Relationship between Income and Quality of life
… increased importance on paying employees a living wage, that is, an income amount that enables meaningful participation in society above mere survival. However, while this notion seems promising, it does not account for the complexities in the relationship between income and quality of life; …
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New urban manufacturing neo-industrial design in Louisville, Kentucky
… leaders are embracing the prospects for skilled, living wage jobs; President Obama has made manufacturing one of the central tenets of his economic recovery plan. This has important implications for cities, which stand to benefit from new investment and increased employment opportunities. However, …
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