On March 31, 2023, Verité in partnership with the Anker Research Institute, published the “Living Income and Living Wage Report: Rural Areas and Small Towns of Central Colombia. ” In addition to providing a benchmark for the Colombian coffee sector, the study results provide a living wage and living income benchmark for a pilot project […]
Announcements
The latest news and announcements from the Global Living Wage Coalition.
New: First of Its Kind Study Explores Gender Pay Gaps in the Colombia Banana Export Sector
Today marks the publication of the Anker Research Institute’s Gender Pay Gap study in the Colombian banana sector, the first of five to pilot the Institute’s methodology for measuring gender pay gaps at the workplace level. The development of this methodology and release of the first study are important steps forward for the living wage […]
New: 2022 Reference Values for Zambia, Zimbabwe & Mozambique
The GLWC and Anker Research Institute are pleased to announce new 2022 Living Wage Reference Values for typical rural areas of Zambia, Zimbabwe, and Mozambique. These Reference Values estimate the wage a worker located in a typical rural area of these countries would need to receive each month to afford a basic but decent living. […]
New Living Wage and Income Benchmark: Nayarit, Mexico
The GLWC is pleased to share a brand new Anker Living Wage and Income Benchmark report for Nayarit, Mexico for areas that actively grow tobacco, sugar cane, mangoes, and bananas, as well as a growing fishing industry. The research in this benchmark complements that of Michoacán (2020), and provides a vision the living income and […]
In Conversation With: Fair Labor Association
The GLWC is proud to announce a new series about the actions our member organisations have taken regarding living wages. As a Coalition, we work to enable collaborative action to achieve a decent standard of living for working people and their families worldwide and each of our member organisations work towards this individually and collectively […]
Looking Back: The Year in Research & Action
This year marked another opportunity to advance living wage research from the Anker Research Institute and promote living wage action from the GLWC and our member organizations. Here we present a collection of some of our favorite moments of 2022. Stakeholder meetings convened diverse organizations around Anker Living Wage and Income-related research and activities. The […]
Living Wage as a Right: Salient Concerns in its Implementation
The Anker Research Institute is pleased to announce their participation at the IDH Living Wage Summit in Brussels on the 7th of December and is eager to invite everyone to join their session ‘Living Wage as a Right’. Representatives of firms and workers, together with officials from the standard-setting organization Fair Labor Association, and a […]
New Reference Value for Urban El Salvador
The GLWC and The Anker Research Institute are proud to share the new 2022 Living Wage Reference Value for typical urban areas of El Salvador, This Reference Value estimates the wage a worker in a typical urban area of El Salvador would need to receive each month to afford a basic but decent living. Anker […]
Stakeholder Meeting Brings Together Public & Civil Sectors in India
As sponsor of a new Living Wage and Income Benchmark study for India, the Laudes Foundation organized a stakeholder feedback consultation meeting on Monday, October 10, 2022. Participants included stakeholders from the Government of Madhya Pradesh, several civil society and non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and members of academia. The meeting began with a welcome address by […]
Gender Pay Gap Stakeholder Meeting Highlights Preliminary Study Results
A stakeholder workshop was held in Colombia on July 8 to discuss the results of a study on gender pay gaps in the banana sector, funded by FAO, Fairtrade International and Fairtrade Germany. The event was well-attended by banana producers and exporters, industry bodies and trade unions, with around 90 participants in the room and […]
