The Benefits Of The Living Wage Movement

Introduction:
What is your prototypical poor person? When I think of poverty, a dirty individual on the side of a freeway or someone cramped on the side of a bridge comes to mind. Today, the poverty icon has dramatically changed. This individual is an overworked, single mother. She is someone who works numerous hours to survive and to meet the basic needs for her family; however, her job is not paying enough no matter how many hours she is working. As a young adult, I realize that work ethic is one of the most important characteristics of the United States of America. Studies have shown that our people are working harder and more years than people in any other country. The harder a person works, the more money they expect to obtain, but this is not the outcome for everyone. The economy is booming; however, there are many hardworking individuals who are still struggling to survive from their minimum income. The Living Wage movement was established to combat and help several low-wage workers in the 1990’s. This movement gave them

There are three types of benefits. These benefits include the following: local economy benefits, business benefits, and workers benefits. The local economy benefits in numerous ways. A few of these benefits are reduced poverty rates, less reliance on social services, increase in consumer spending, and increase in business support. The business benefits include the following: turnover rates, improved quality of service, and lowered administrative costs. Workers benefit from the Living Wage Movement, because they tend to have an increased job satisfaction, reduced from poverty, and they also have an increase in education and health care. Nearly all living wage apply to businesses that receive contracts from the government. According to the Census, most low-wage workers are, in fact, adults over the age of 20. These workers that are benefiting are majority women and