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• 'Living wage' Laws Gain Momentum Across US

  http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0315/p01s02-usec.html
  A new study shows higher incomes from 'living wage' outweigh the cost in job losses. From the Christian Science Monitor.

• Campus Living Wage Project

  http://www.clwproject.org/
  A collection of interviews and information on campus "living wage" campaigns. Includes interviews with student activists and profiles of past campaigns.

• Dane County Living Wage Campaign

  http://www.solidarity.com/LivingWage/
  Campaign reports and articles about Dane County's cost of living and wages.

• Harvard Living Wage Campaign

  http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~pslm/livingwage/
  Campaign to eradicate poverty wages at Harvard University. Includes a comprehensive report on poverty wages at Harvard, with a detailed discussion of the spread low-wage labor on campus, analysis and critique of reforms developed by Harvard, and testimonies of Harvard workers.

• NPR : Low-Wage America

  http://www.npr.org/news/specials/low_wage/
  According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, more than 20 million workers earn less than $9 an hour - not enough to buy the basics in some areas. In a series of special reports, NPR's Noah Adams travels throughout the US to profile the low-income workforce, talking with people about their jobs, their families and their hopes for the future.

• The Jus Semper Global Alliance

  http://www.jussemper.org/
  Long term sustainable development through The Living Wages North and South Initiative (TLWNSI), a corporate social responsibility program for gradual wage equalization.

• USAS

  http://usas.org/
  National network of student groups working to end sweatshops and other labor abuses.

• Vermont Livable Wage Campaign

  http://vtlivablewage.org/index.html
  FAQ, analysis of working incomes, organizing and actions, and Information about the economics and politics of raising the state's minimum wage.

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