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...family cannot live on minimum wage," said York, who insisted that society needs to be more inclusive of families and low-wage workers in its perception of homelessness. "The traditional image we have is kind of like that image they paint of women on welfare--it simply is not true...
People who work in the Harvard community should be able to live above the poverty line and raise their families here. This conviction drives the Harvard Living Wage Campaign and its single demand for a minimum $10 per hour living wage for every service worker at Harvard. This $10 figure is derived in part from the proposed living wage ordinance for the city of Cambridge. The studies of the National Low-Income Housing Commission, the Women's Leadership Forum and other local agencies estimate wages of closer to $15 per hour necessary to live in the Cambridge/Boston area...
People who work in the Harvard community should be able to live above the poverty line and raise their families here. This conviction drives the Harvard Living Wage Campaign and its single demand for a minimum $10 per hour living wage for every service worker at Harvard. This $10 figure is derived in part from the proposed living wage ordinance for the city of Cambridge. The studies of the National Low-Income Housing Commission, the Women's Leadership Forum and other local agencies estimate wages of closer to $15 per hour necessary to live in the Cambridge/Boston area...
That's literally true in the case of ZapMe! Corp., which gives schools a free ride on the information superhighway, providing high-speed PCs, Internet access, laser printers and technical support. The catch? Students must use the computers for a minimum of four hours daily, while staring at a 2-in. x 4-in. billboard of rotating ads. Students earn "ZapPoints" that can be redeemed at an e-commerce mall. "There's a huge gap between what schools need and what they can afford," says Frank Vigil, president of the San Ramon-based company. "We want to provide the solution...
...Minimum wage received every month by Nike workers in Indonesia before their pay raise last week...