Fighting for a Living Wage

Stephanie Luce

Published by Cornell University Press 2004

Fighting for a Living Wage

Stephanie Luce

https://doi.org/10.7591/9781501728280

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About this book

The living wage movement is considered by many to be the most interesting grassroots enterprise to emerge since the civil rights movement. Ten years after the first ordinance was passed in Baltimore, there are more than one hundred living wage...

Author / Editor information

Stephanie Luce is Associate Professor at the Labor Center of the University of Massachusetts'Amherst. She is coauthor with Robert Pollin of The Living Wage: Building a Fair Economy.

Reviews

Amy B. Dean, Founding President, Working Partnerships USA, and former President, South Bay AFL-CIO:

The growing number of living wage campaigns across America may serve as the building blocks for national reform. In Fighting for a Living Wage, Stephanie Luce takes a comprehensive look at the state of the living wage movement and highlights the critical campaign factors that lead to making a difference in the lives of working families. Luce's close and thoughtful review of dozens of living wage campaigns across America suggests more than the passage of municipal ordinances but instead the birth of a movement that could very well make the fight for social justice and economic equity the civil rights issues of our day.

Wade Rathke, Chief Organizer, ACORN, and Local 100, Service Employees International Union, AFL-CIO:

Stephanie Luce makes another great contribution to the living wage movement with this book! She shows not only how hard it can be to win living wages in community after community but also how difficult it can be to harvest the fruits of victory. Almost a billion dollars in increased wages have been won through this movement. We need to fight for every dollar until they have all been paid!

Paul Sonn, Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law:

In examining implementation of living wage laws, Stephanie Luce covers important new territory. The more than one hundred living wage laws enacted across the country over the past decade represent a significant experiment in labor policy reform at the local level. Fighting for a Living Wage offers a provocative and thoughtful ground-level examination of this movement, using case studies and theory to understand how policy implementation actually happens.

Despite surprising successes in the passage of living-wage ordinances around the country, implementation often has been lackadaisical. The experiences of the living wage movement described in this work will interest those concerned with promoting or analyzing social movements. Individuals interested in studying administrative practices also will profit from this book. Clear, jargon-free writing makes it accessible to undergraduates while still offering important lessons to advanced scholars. Highly recommended.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	v
TABLES Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
ACRONYMS Publicly Available Download PDF	xiii
1. THE POLITICS OF IMPLEMENTATION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. SETTING THE STAGE The Political and Economic Context Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	15
3. OVERVIEW OF THE MOVEMENT Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	32
4. A CLOSER LOOK AT LIVING WAGE CAMPAIGNS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	57
5. LIVING WAGE OUTCOMES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	71
6. IMPLEMENTATION What Happens after Laws Are Passed? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	95
7. FIGHTING FROM THE OUTSIDE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	112
8. COALITIONS PLAYING A FORMAL ROLE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	131
9. FACTORS NEEDED FOR SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATIONS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	150
10. OTHER OUTCOMES BEYOND IMPLEMENTATION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	181
11. THE FUTURE OF THE LIVING WAGE MOVEMENT AND LESSORS FOR POLICY IMPLEMENTATIONS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	207
Appendix A. ADDITIONAL TABLES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	219
APPENDIX B. LIVING WAGE RESOURCES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	223
Appendix C. IMPLEMENTATION MEASURES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	226
NOTES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	229
REFERENCES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	243
INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	257

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Audience: General/trade;
Pages
- Main content: 288
Illustrations
- Other: 13 tables
Keywords: Labor History; Sociology & Social Science

eBook

Published: August 6, 2018
ISBN: 9781501728280