There Was Not A Needy Person Among Them
The Call For A Living Wage
Second Sunday in Easter, Year B
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www.nccouncilofchurches.org/2000/11/a-living-wage The North Carolina Council of Churches works to educate and organize people of faith in NC about economic realities in the state, and ways we can act together for living wages, working conditions, benefits, and economic systems. This link offers a collection of Council resources related to living wages. www.nccouncilofchurches.org/2011/08/workers-are-worth-their-keepThis companion to Making Ends Meet After the Great Recession is meant to bring the issue of wages into conversation with theological perspectives of economic justice. Workers Are Worth Their Keep is divided into three main sections. The first section highlights passages from the Bible that speak directly about economic justice, fair pay for workers, and the call of God to treat workers with dignity. Here we find that the Bible speaks directly to the question of living wages. www.ncjustice.org The Universal Living Wage is different from the one hundred plus living wage campaigns being promoted by ACORN. Living wage campaigns are pressing city and county governments to pay their employees and those that contract with them a living wage. These are critical first steps in establishing economic justice for minimum wage workers. However, the Universal Living Wage is different in two very distinct ways. First, the ULW affects all workers. It ensures that anyone working a 40 hour week should be able to afford housing based on the wage earned. Second, the Universal Living Wage is based on a single national formula. The formula relates the minimum wage to the local cost of housing throughout the United States. Recognizing the concerns of the business community, we have adopted a ULW Ten Year Plan for the transitional implementation of the ULW www.epi.org www.ncfairshare.org
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