LIVING WAGE RESOURCES
General Campaign Advice and Technical Support | Legal Resources | Research Resources | City/County Living Wage Websites | Implementation Studies
General Campaign Advice and Technical Support:
ACORN Living Wage Resource Center
1486 Dorchester Ave.
Boston, MA02122
phone: 617-740-9500
fax: 617-436-4878
email: jkern@acorn.org
web: www.livingwagecampaign.org
Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law
161 Avenue of the Americas, 12th Floor
New York, NY 10013
phone: 212-998-6730
fax: 212-995-4550
email: Paul Sonn, at paul.sonn@nyu.edu
web: http://www.brennancenter.org/
Guild Law Center for Economic and Social Justice
733 St. Antoine, 3rd Floor,
Detroit, MI 48226
Phone: 313-962-6540
Fax: 313-962-4492
Email: mail@sugarlaw.org
Good Jobs First (particularly for Economic Development Subsidy information)
1311 L Street NW
Washington, DC20005
phone: 202-737-4315
fax: 202-638-3486
email: info@goodjobsfirst.org
web: http://www.goodjobsfirst.org/
Legal Services
Ellen Wallace, President
NOLSW/UAW Local 2320
113 University Place, 5 th floor
New York, NY 10003
phone: 1-800-UAW-2320
fax: 212-228-0097
email: ewallace@att.net
web: www.geocities.com/~uaw2320/
Research Resources:
Economic Policy Institute
1660 L Street N.W.
Suite 1200
Washington, DC20036
phone: 202-775-8810
fax: 202-775-0819
email: epi@epinet.org
web: www.epinet.org
Political Economy Research Institute
University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Gordon Hall
418 N. Pleasant St., Suite A
Amherst, MA 01002
phone: 413-545-6355
fax: 413-545-2921
Email: Mark Brenner at brenner@econs.umass.edu
web: www.umass.edu/peri
University of California-Berkeley Labor Center
2521 Channing Way
Berkeley, CA 94720-5555
phone (510) 643-2621
fax (510) 642-6432
email: kjacobs9@uclink.berkeley.edu
web: http://laborcenter.berkeley.edu
City/County Living Wage Websites:
The following cities and counties have information about their living wage ordinance on-line. Some sites, such as the San Francisco and Ventura County sites have extensive information, including copies of the ordinance in various languages and reports, while other cities have only basic information.
The following studies done by academics and city officials address living wage implementation:
Brenner, Mark. “The Economic Impact of Living Wage Ordinances: A Review of the Evidence.” Amherst, MA: Political Economy Research Institute. A Power Point Presentation to the Atlanta Living Wage Commission. January 23, 2004.
CEO Living Wage Administrator. “FY 02-03 Annual Living Wage Ordinance Procurement Activity Report.” Prepared for County of Ventura Chief Executive Office. Ventura, CA. May 2003.
City Manager, “City of Pasadena - One Year Status.” Report to City Council. February 7, 2000.
Dundon, Thomas. “ Living Wage Implementation at the Port of Oakland: A One-Year Status Report”Oakland, CA: EastBayAlliance for a Sustainable Economy. 2003.
Elmore, Andrew J. “ Living Wage Laws & Communities: Smarter Economic Development, Lower Than Expected Costs.” New York: Brennan Center for Justice. November 2003.
Focareta, Dave. “Minimal Enforcement: The Cleveland Living Wage Law's First Year.”Cleveland, Ohio: Policy Matters Ohio. 2002.
GSA Procurement Purchasing Agent and Living Wage Administrator. “FY 01-02 Annual Living Wage Ordinance Procurement Activity Report.” Prepared for County of Ventura Chief Executive Office. Ventura, CA. July 2002.
Neumark, David. “How Living Wage Laws Affect Low-Wage Workers and Low-Income
Families.” San Francisco, CA: Public Policy Institute of California. 2002.
Niedt, Christopher, Greg Ruiters, Dana Wise, and Erica Schoenberger. “ The Effects of the Living Wage in Baltimore.” Economic Policy Institute, Washington, D.C., 1999.
Office of Equality Assurance. “San Jose: Living Wage Six-Month Evaluation Report.” City of San Jose, CA.1999.
Osterman, Paul. “Report on the Impact of the Valley Interfaith Living Wage Campaign.” Cambridge, Mass., 2000.
Reich, Michael, Peter Hall and Ken Jacobs. “Living Wages and Economic Performance: The San Francisco Airport Model.” Berkeley, CA: Institute for Industrial Relations. 2003.
Reynolds, David and Jean Vortkamp. “ Impact of Detroit's Living Wage Law on Non-Profit Organizations.” Center for Urban Studies & Labor Studies Center, Wayne State University, Detroit, Mich., June 2000.
Office of Affirmative Action Compliance. “Annual Report, Living Wage Program October 1, 2001 – September 30, 2002.” County Of Los Angeles, CA. 2002.
Weisbrot, Mark and Michelle Sfroza-Roderick. “ Baltimore's Living Wage Law: An Analysis of the Fiscal and Economic Costs of Baltimore City Ordinance 442.” Preamble Center, Washington, D.C., 1996.
Williams, Dana. “Cleveland's Living Wage Ordinance: A Three-Year Review.” Cleveland, Ohio: Policy Matters Ohio. 2004.