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MICHIGAN
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REPORT NO. 89, VOLUME 43-- MONDAY, MAY 10 2004
ASSOCIATION DEMANDS VETO OVERRIDE ON 'LIVING WAGE'
The Small Business Association of Michigan on Monday called for an
override
of Governor Jennifer Granholm's veto of a bill supporters say would
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MICHIGAN
REPORT
REPORT NO. 89, VOLUME 43-- MONDAY, MAY 10 2004
ASSOCIATION DEMANDS VETO OVERRIDE ON 'LIVING WAGE'
The Small Business Association of Michigan on Monday called for an
override
of Governor Jennifer Granholm's veto of a bill supporters say would
MICHIGAN
REPORT
REPORT NO. 89, VOLUME 43-- MONDAY, MAY 10 2004
ASSOCIATION DEMANDS VETO OVERRIDE ON 'LIVING WAGE'
The Small Business Association of Michigan on Monday called for an override
of Governor Jennifer Granholm's veto of a bill supporters say would help
attract businesses to the state
Dear Friend:
This fall, San Diego City Council will decide the fate of the citys
living wage ordinance. The outcome of this decision will not only lift
thousands of families
out of poverty, but will also have a significant impact on the national
movement, as San Diego is extremely conservative
project paid for
with tax money use workers paid at prevailing union
rates.) It seemed pretty clear cut to me that the same
logic would apply to Living Wage laws as Prevailing
Wage laws, but Neumark wasn't willing to go there. I
don't have the data, he said.
tim
--- Devine, James [EMAIL PROTECTED
'Living Wage' Laws Reducing Poverty Levels, Study Shows
by Max B. Sawicky
27 March 2002 04:05 UTC
too bad advocates of LW think this study is trash
(on technical grounds).
mbs
CB: Who are said advocates ? What are the technical failings ?
^^^
'Living Wage' Laws Reducing
'Living Wage' Laws Reducing Poverty Levels, Study Shows
by Max B. Sawicky
27 March 2002 04:05 UTC
too bad advocates of LW think this study is trash
(on technical grounds).
mbs
CB: Who are said advocates ? What are the technical failings ?
^^^
'Living
No doubt it is a politically useful 'man-bites-dog' story.
I would expect advocates to milk the study for all they can.
But as a word to those interested in the substance on an
intellectual level, my advice is there are much better
things to read.
mbs
'Living Wage' Laws Reducing Poverty
'Living Wage' Laws Reducing Poverty Levels, Study Shows
LABOR: BATTLE BETWEEN ADVOCATES AND BUSINESS OPPONENTS
OVER THE ISSUE HAS INTENSIFIED IN RECENT YEARS.
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-18670mar14.story
March 14 2002
By NANCY CLEELAND
too bad advocates of LW think this study is trash
(on technical grounds).
mbs
'Living Wage' Laws Reducing Poverty Levels, Study Shows
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Labor: Battle between advocates and business opponents over
the issue
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Well some people would say he didn't need any help.
I'm not into that literature, so I couldn't say.
But you know people who are, who could.
mbs
Hasn't Neumark discredited himself enough working with Berman?
of the members of the nonprofessional staff are paid so little
they're eligible for food stamps,'' said Ira Arlook, a spokesman for
Harvard Alumni for a Living Wage.
His group supported students who last May staged a 21-day sit-in at
the Cambridge, Massachusetts, campus that sought a minimum wage of
$10.25
Hi Penners:
Does anybody know the current status of the federal Living Wage legislation?
If so, please reply to me off-list.
Thanks,
Seth Sandronsky
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monetary policy.
Martin
John Exdell wrote:
An economist at Kansas State University wrote an op-ed column in today's
paper here attacking a local labor coalition that is pushing for a living
wage economic development policy. He included the conventional wisdom that
high minimum wages
PM 10/19/99 -0500, you wrote:
An economist at Kansas State University wrote an op-ed column in today's
paper here attacking a local labor coalition that is pushing for a living
wage economic development policy. He included the conventional wisdom that
high minimum wages in Europe have caused high
See "Beware the U.S. Model" by Mishel, Schmitt and
Bernstein, an EPI book, for the US/Euro comparison.
See Robert Pollin's book on the living wage. Also
tell the coalition to contact John Schmitt at EPI
([EMAIL PROTECTED]) for help on the issue.
mbs
-Original Message-
Published Wednesday, November 18, 1998, in the San Jose Mercury News
Council passes living-wage,
labor-organizing package
BY BARRY WITT
Mercury News Staff Writer
San Jose Mayor Susan Hammer and local labor leaders scored a
historic victory late Tuesday
. Conversely, are you suggesting that a
living wage policy should only be implemented in times of strong upswings,
to ensure that any specific disemployment effect would be "swamped" by
macro effects? Doubtful.
I think what Bob is talking about is that the effective demand curve for
less-ski
Thanks Gil. One way to contextualize your result is to think of it in response to the
argument that increases in the minimum wage only hurt the people they are intended to
help. As I understand it, the debate takes this form:
Supporter of living wage: Perhaps there will be some decline
Gil's comments are very interesting, though I'm not exactly clear what is
going on in this model. Could you please explain it a bit further Gil
and/or send me a copy of the paper?
Without having done careful research on this particular factor, four
things seem most pertinent for
legitimately argue that employment would be *even higher* if the minimum
wage weren't raised. Conversely, are you suggesting that a living wage
policy should only be implemented in times of strong upswings, to ensure
that any specific disemployment effect would be "swamped" by macro effects?
At 13:06 8/11/98 -0500, you wrote:
Concerning this passage from Krugman on Pollin and Luce's book on living
wages:
So what are the effects of increasing minimum wages? Any Econ 101 student
can tell you the answer: The higher wage reduces the quantity of labor
demanded, and hence leads to
Bravo to Bob Pollin for his solid rejoinder to Krugman. Bob's point
about slave labor is not merely rhetorical. The legal prohibition
against selling oneself into slavery is arguably the most
market-distorting of all our labor laws. It prevents workers from
capitalizing or colateralizing the
Concerning this passage from Krugman on Pollin and Luce's book on living
wages:
So what are the effects of increasing minimum wages? Any Econ 101 student
can tell you the answer: The higher wage reduces the quantity of labor
demanded, and hence leads to unemployment. This theoretical
From World Socialist Web Site
WSWS : News Analysis : North America
The political issues raised by
the Detroit Living Wage
Ordinance
Comment by Jerry White
7 November 1998
--Boundary_(ID_PIuqmUc+sNarSplKTUOiKA)
In the category of shameless self-promotion, I am sending along news of my
new New Press book with Stephanie Luce, The Living Wage: Building A Fair
Economy. This includes a bit of advertising blurb, and Paul Krugman's
trashing of the book
forwarded by Michael Hoover
Forwarded message:
H-NET BOOK REVIEW
Published by [EMAIL PROTECTED] (April, 1998)
Lawrence B. Glickman. _A Living Wage: American Workers and the
Making of Consumer Society_. Ithaca and London: Cornell
University Press, 1997. xvi + 220 pp. Notes
This is for list members interested in the national movement for living
wages and corporate accountability.
Boston City Council Passes Strongest Living Wage Ordinance In USA
Boston gets a Living Wage! The Boston Jobs and Living Wage Coalition, a
consortium of labor, religious and community
this on.
In Solidarity,
Ron Baiman
Roosevelt U., Chicago
On Tue, 18 Mar 1997, Robert Pollin wrote:
Finally, some very good news for the left and labor movement. After
a long, bitter struggle, the LA Living Wage ordinance passed 12 - 0, with
three abstensions. Mayor Richard Riordan had promised
Yes Ron and Others,
The LA Living Wage has now gotten passed the veto by Mayor Riordan.
As of Tuesday, it became law, despite Riordan's veto last Friday. Tell them
in Chicago to get serious.
--Bob Pollin
At 07:45 PM 4/3/97 -0800, you wrote:
Bob,
This is great news! Its been
Bob, congratulations on the living wage victory! We are working away
on the study for one in Boston. Marc Breslow.
Bob wrote:
Finally, some very good news for the left and labor movement. After
a long, bitter struggle, the LA Living Wage ordinance passed 12 - 0, with
three abstensions. Mayor Richard Riordan had promised to veto the
ordinance, but with a 12-vote majority, the ordinance is now veto
Bob,
Can you give us more information about this. What does the ordinance do?
What is in the report you refer to?
Thanks.
Posted on 18 Mar 1997 at 20:15:49 by TELEC List Distributor (011802)
[PEN-L:9004] LA Living Wage Passes!
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 1997 17:14:23 -0800 (PST)
Reply-To: [EMAIL
Here are the basics on the LA Living Wage ordinance.
It sets a minimum wage of $7.25 for employees of three types:
1. Those working on city contracts. Only the workers on the
contract itself are affected. The initial provision--and the one we
estimated--included all workers
Finally, some very good news for the left and labor movement. After
a long, bitter struggle, the LA Living Wage ordinance passed 12 - 0, with
three abstensions. Mayor Richard Riordan had promised to veto the
ordinance, but with a 12-vote majority, the ordinance is now veto proof
, Call for Living Wage for All
Oakland, CA: Chanting, singing and marching, two thousand protesters
marched and rallied Saturday, March 1st in downtown Oakland to
protest cuts in social welfare in an event sponsored by a new
alliance of over 100 national and Bay Area organizations. The
alliance
EPI has the list of economists who signed the statement on the minimum wage,
so also, I assume, the statement.
EPI tel 210-775-8810; fax 202-775-0819. NJFAC has also published a piece
on the min. wage by Robert Cherry--"Let's Have an Adequate Minimum Wage,",
which is Uncommon Sense 10.
June
Dr. Baiman,
Could you or anyone else please tell me where I could find the
statement by 101 economists on the effects of a higher minimum wage?
Sincerely,
Michael Garrity
Economics Dept.
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT 84112
(801) 581-7481
On Sun, 16 Jun 1996, Michelle Billies wrote:
I have been approached by a community group here in Syracuse, NY,
considering launching a campaign for a living wage requirement for
firms that do business with the city. I believe there such a legal
requirement in Baltimore and I am told
One of the authors of the article I cited does have an email address. Article
was Madeline Janis-Aparicio, Steve Cancian and Gary Phillips, "Building a
Movement for a Living Wage," POVERTY AND RACE, Jan/Feb. 1996.
Janis-Aparicio, who is involved in the LA Living Wage Coalition, is
Dear Penlrs,
As part of our "Building a New Economy" web site, I'm looking for
information about Living Wage and Minimum Wage campaigns in the U.S.
I've got several people to call, but I'd like to start w/ email first
(since, as I've learned from painful experience, it's much eas
in living wage campaigns across the country.
In Solidarity
Ron Baiman
Roosevelt Univ., Chicago
POVERTY AND RACE, a publication of the Poverty and Race Research Action
Council in Wshington has a rundown on living wage campaigns in jan/feb
1006 issue (call 202-387-9887): Building a Movement for a Living Wage,
by Madeline Janis-Aparicio, Steve Cancian and Gary Phillips.
No e-mail listed. June
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