Sentences with phrase «idea of a living wage»

Graff, Lange and Keller decided to center their effort on the idea of the living wage: any person who works full - time, year - round should make enough money to live decently, if modestly.

There's also the point that community organising is great when you can make a popular case with the public - it's hard to see who could be against the idea of a Living Wage, except for industry.

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With the advantages of youth on your side — a fresh perspective on business ideas, possibly low overhead (if you're living at home rent - free), and the ability to make mistakes early in the game and have plenty of time to correct them — starting a business is a very attractive option for young people who would rather answer to themselves than earn minimum wage.

What is wrong with the idea of heaven, hell, blah blah blah is the people who wage wars, kill, maim, insult, and otherwise try to impart their way of life on others all in the name of religion.

The idea of «living wage» became much more important in America, where labor was usually in demand and therefore able to command a higher price and to set other limits and conditions governing employers» access to it.

Arguments over the legal basis of moves to force a living wage on the private sector appeared to form part of a broader government move to distance Whitehall from Labour's ideas.

This was Michael's link to his LabourList piece, arguing that «Now of course, we all know the background behind the idea: the shocking levels of inequality, the people struggling to get by, working huge numbers of hours, living in a heavily taxed world, and trying to do it all on a terribly low wage.

These 16 solutions were divided up between governmental, business and individual initiatives and the options ranged from more inclusive zoning, to repurposing community housing land, to developing a living wage, to giving up on the idea of home ownership altogether.

UVic's own Professor Tim Richards is a co-author of the 2008 CCPA Report that developed the idea: Working for a Living Wage: Making Paid Work Meet Basic Family Needs in Vancouver and Victoria.

These changes have been made in the context of a growing movement promoting the idea of the «living wage.»

i had no idea that the «middlemen» were taking so much of the proceeds from the sales, or that many of the farmers were just trying to make a living wage.

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