Campus Living Wage Resources: What's a Living Wage?

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Living Wage Action Coalition

This webpage provides an overview of what a "living wage" is, how it is calculated, its shortcomings, and explains the distinctions between different types of wages: living, just, competitive, and prevailing wages.

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Resources & Tools

Graphic displaying title of policy 'Increase Minimum Wage for City Workers'
Increase Minimum Wage for City Workers
Resource - Policy Brief
Published on 04/16/2021
Graphic displaying title of policy 'Implement a Living Wage Based on Geographic Wage Standards'
Implement a Living Wage Based on Geographic Wage Standards
Resource - Policy Brief
Published on 04/16/2021

Data & Metrics

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Advancing Equitable Economies Policy Library
Library
Published on 04/20/2021