Add to ORKGFor a growing number of families and workers in Western New York, low-wage work is the only—or the last—employment option. In 2009, one out of four jobs in the region were in occupations where the median annual wage fell below the poverty line for a family of four. This rising reliance on low-wage work is a discouraging change from the post-war economic boom when incomes and standards of living soared—a period that continues to shape our employment and lifestyle expectations. Actions by an array of individuals and groups—unbound by ideology—are essential for alleviating regional economic insecurity
Three decades of stagnating earnings for bottom decides of male wage earners and 1990s anti-poverty ...
In this project, I examine the wealth gap in the United States, low wage labor and how we have come ...
About 85 percent of low-income children have parents who work, and most have at least one parent wor...
For a growing number of families and workers in Western New York, low-wage work is the only—or the l...
Highlights 2007-10 trends in the number and percentage of working families with incomes below 200 pe...
These are challenging economic times for American families, especially those headed by lowwage worke...
In the United States, it has been generally assumed that those who held a steady job could make ends...
In New York State, roughly 37% or workers earn low wages (less than $15 per hour, or $31,200 per yea...
New York was the only state where both poverty and income exceeded national levels in 2005, with 13....
Is education the key to getting low-wage workers out of poverty and into higher paying, middle class...
Despite low levels of unemployment, average household income has declined since 2000. The number of ...
[Excerpt] At a time when the nation is wrestling with the question of reforming welfare and forging ...
Highlights findings on the 2009 increase in the number of low-income working families and their chil...
This fact sheet shows that families in New York are struggling despite small family sizes and high r...
Nearly 40 percent of American children live in families with incomes below 200 percent of the federa...
Three decades of stagnating earnings for bottom decides of male wage earners and 1990s anti-poverty ...
In this project, I examine the wealth gap in the United States, low wage labor and how we have come ...
About 85 percent of low-income children have parents who work, and most have at least one parent wor...
For a growing number of families and workers in Western New York, low-wage work is the only—or the l...
Highlights 2007-10 trends in the number and percentage of working families with incomes below 200 pe...
These are challenging economic times for American families, especially those headed by lowwage worke...
In the United States, it has been generally assumed that those who held a steady job could make ends...
In New York State, roughly 37% or workers earn low wages (less than $15 per hour, or $31,200 per yea...
New York was the only state where both poverty and income exceeded national levels in 2005, with 13....
Is education the key to getting low-wage workers out of poverty and into higher paying, middle class...
Despite low levels of unemployment, average household income has declined since 2000. The number of ...
[Excerpt] At a time when the nation is wrestling with the question of reforming welfare and forging ...
Highlights findings on the 2009 increase in the number of low-income working families and their chil...
This fact sheet shows that families in New York are struggling despite small family sizes and high r...
Nearly 40 percent of American children live in families with incomes below 200 percent of the federa...
Three decades of stagnating earnings for bottom decides of male wage earners and 1990s anti-poverty ...
In this project, I examine the wealth gap in the United States, low wage labor and how we have come ...
About 85 percent of low-income children have parents who work, and most have at least one parent wor...