Fighting for a Living Wage

by Stephanie Luce

Book Overview

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 ordinances on the books across the United States, and the movement continues to thrive and grow, despite increasing opposition. This book is not a simple celebration of the living wage movement, but a critical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801489474
• ISBN13: 9780801489471
• Release Date: August 2004
• Publisher: ILR Press
• Length: 266 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher