@article{1480277,
      recid = {1480277},
      author = {Snarr, C. Melissa, },
      title = {All You That Labor : Religion and Ethics in the Living  Wage Movement /},
      pages = {1 online resource},
      abstract = {"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.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1480277},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9780814741122.001.0001},
}