Living Wage by AC, JF, TS

What Is The Living Wage?

The living wage is the minimum hourly wage necessary for a person to achieve some specific standard of living. The living wage comes from the basic premise that anyone in this country who works for a living should not have to raise a family in poverty. Unions, community groups and religious groups are all huge advocators of the new living wage movement.

Statistics

In 1997, there were 3.7 million families living in poverty.

65% of these families had 1 or more