"Come to me, all you that labor and are heavy laden, and I will
give you rest."Mathew 11:28 (AKJV)
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 well
as numerous universities and local businesses in the United States
have enacted such ordinances.
Although religious persons and organizations have been important
both in the origins of the living wage movement and in its
continuing success, they are often ignored or under analyzed.
Drawing on participant observation in multiple cities, All You That
Labor analyzes and evaluates the contributions of religious
activists to the movement. The book explores the ways religious
organizations do this work in concert with low-wage workers, the
challenges religious activists face, and how people of faith might
better nurture moral agency in relation to the political economy.
Ultimately, C. Melissa Snarr provides clarity on how to continue to
cultivate, renew, and expand religious resources dedicated to the
moral agency of low-wage workers and their allies.
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