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A national living wage is on the table. Now let's talk about a global living wage

  • Written by Shelley Marshall, Vice Chancellor's Senior Research Fellow, expert in corporate accountability, RMIT University
A national living wage is on the table. Now let's talk about a global living wageAustralia's Harvester Judgement of 1907 defined a living wage as 'fair and reasonable' payment sufficient for an unskilled worker to support a family in reasonable comfort.www.shutterstock.com

The idea of the living wage is back on the political agenda. In the United States the Democrats are proposing to double the federal minimum wage. In...

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