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ABOUT THE BOOK

As wealth inequality skyrockets and trade union power declines, the living wage movement has become ever more urgent for public policymakers, academics, and – most importantly – those workers whose wages hover close to the breadline. A real living wage in any part of the world is rarely its minimum wage: it is the minimum income needed to cover living costs and participate fully in society. Most governments’ minimum wages are still falling short, meaning millions of workers struggle to cover their living costs.

This book brings new, vital insights to the conversation from a carefully selected group of contributors at the forefront of this field. By juxtaposing advances across sectors and countries, and encompassing many different approaches and indeed definitions of the living wage, Dobbins and Prowse offer a rich tapestry of approaches that may inform public policy.

By including the experiences and voices of those workers earning at, or near, the living wage alongside the opinions of leading experts in this field, this book is a pioneering contribution for public policymakers as well as students and academics of work and employment relations, public policy, organizational studies, social economics, and politics.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Introduction

Peter Prowse and Tony Dobbins

Part 1: The Living Wage in the UK: Sector studies

2. The Living Wage Foundation’s ‘Real Living Wage’ Campaign

Daniel Howard

3. The Real Living Wage and ‘The Good Employer’ in UK Football Clubs

Peter Prowse and Tony Dobbins

4. Outsourcing and the Living Wage: evidence from the UK

Edmund Heery, Deborah Hann and David Nash

5. Employer experiences of the Living Wage in the higher education, hospitality and construction sectors

Calum Carson

6. What About Care Work and In-Work Poverty? The Case of Care Workers in the UK

Julie Prowse, Peter Prowse and Jereme Snook

7. Making the Living Wage work in SMEs – Evidence from accredited employers in the UK hospitality sector

Andrea Werner

Part 2: The Living Wage in International Comparative Contexts

8. The living wage and the European Union

John Hurley

9. Wages and working conditions in outsourced services in Europe

Mathew Johnson and Karen Jaehrling

10. Are collective bargaining models in the Nordic countries able to secure a living wage? Experiences from low wage industries

Kristin Alsos and Kristine Nergaard

11. The Living Wage, Fight for $15, and Low Wage Worker Campaigns in the U.S.

Stephanie Luce

12. The Living Wage Movement in Canada

Danielle van Jaarsveld, Samantha Coronel and Reed Eaglesham

13. The Belated Return of an Australian Living Wage: Reworking ‘A Fair Go’ for the 21st Century

Joshua Healy, Andreas Pekarek and Ray Fells

14. Employer and Employee Perspectives on the Living Wage in New Zealand

James Arrowsmith, Jane Parker, Amanda Young-Hauser, Darrin Hodgetts, Jarrod Haar, Stuart Carr, and Siautu Tugia-Alefaio　

15. Living Wage Initiatives in the Garment Sector: Insights from Southeast Asia

Michele Ford and Michael Gillan

16. Conclusion

Tony Dobbins and Peter Prowse