All you that labor : religion and ethics in the living wage movement /

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In the early 1990s, a grassroots coalition of churches in Baltimore, Maryland helped launch what would become a national movement. Joining forces with labor and low-wage worker organizations, they passed the first municipal living wage ordinance. Since then, over 144 municipalities and counties as w...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Snarr, C. Melissa
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : New York University Press, ©2011.
Series:Religion and social transformation.
Subjects:
Minimum wage > Moral and ethical aspects > United States.
Living wage movement > United States.
Salaires minimums > Aspect moral > États-Unis.
Mouvement pour un salaire décent > États-Unis.
RELIGION > Christian Life > Social Issues.
RELIGION > Christianity > General.
RELIGION > Ethics.
Living wage movement
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • U.S. poverties and religious resources: movement context
  • "Living wages": religious ideology and framing for moral agency
  • I was a stranger and you welcomed me: bridge building and political engagement in racialized economies
  • Your daughters will prophesy: women's labor in the movement
  • Where two or three are gathered: ritualizing moral agency
  • "Come, walk with us, the journey is long": progressive religious activism and moral agency.

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