The Right to a Living Wage

Contents......Page 6
Introduction......Page 8
1: Increasing Pay Has Its Ups and Downs......Page 10
2: Mandating Higher Wages Will Raise Incomes......Page 18
3: Minimum Wage Has No Effect on Poverty and Reduces Jobs......Page 29
4: Raising Minimum Wage Benefits Income Inequality and Inflation......Page 48
5: Minimum Wages Increase Unemployment......Page 62
6: This Is Not About Job Loss......Page 67
7: Minimum Wage Laws Have Negative Effects......Page 74
8: Minimum Wage Means Maximum Potential......Page 90
9: Raising Minimum Wage Doesn’t Change Anything......Page 107
10: A Living Wage Is a Local Economy’s Lifeblood......Page 117
11: A Living Wage Won’t Hurt Employers......Page 140
12: The Working Poor Deserve a Living Wage......Page 148
13: Higher Minimum Wage Alone Won’t Solve Poverty......Page 152
14: Minimum Wages Aren’t a Free Lunch......Page 166
15: Companies Around the World Must Act Now to Raise Minimum Wage......Page 180
Organizations to Contact......Page 192
Bibliography......Page 196
Index......Page 198