Invitation to a talk on Social Work and the Minimum Wage
I warmly invite you to join me for a 30-minute presentation of my qualifying paper titled, “A Social Work Argument for a Just Minimum Wage.” This will take place via Zoom at 12:15 PM on Wednesday, March 18th. You can find the Zoom meeeting link at the bottom of this announcement. Take a break, grab your lunch, and listen in!
Abstract
Laws that increase minimum wages above both the federal level and state levels have recently passed in over 40 localities across the United States including Seattle. Prominent arguments for and against raising the minimum wage center on economic concerns. The purpose of this paper is to go beyond the narrow win-lose perspectives popularly on offer, pitting alleviation of poverty against the viability of enterprises. There is room in the minimum wage debate to advance ethical and moral justice arguments from a social work perspective. In this historical and theoretical treatment, I discuss social workers’ past battles for wage justice, and why today social workers can confidently argue that wage rates so low as to jeopardize human dignity or subsistence are unjustifiable. Ultimately, this paper is an invitation to social workers to resume leadership and scholarly discourse on wage justice, especially with the current-day resurgence of minimum wage laws.
Time: Mar 18, 2020 12:15 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
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