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 […]
Announcements
The latest news and announcements from the Global Living Wage Coalition.
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 […]
New Reference Value for Urban Honduras
The GLWC and The Anker Research Institute are excited to share the new 2022 Living Wage Reference Value for typical urban areas of Honduras, This Reference Value estimates the wage a worker in a typical urban area of Honduras would need to receive each month to afford a basic but decent living. Anker Reference Values […]
New Working Paper: Living Income for Guji Zone, Ethiopia
The GLWC and Anker Research Institute are content to announce a new working paper, Living Income for Guji Zone (Oromia Region), Ethiopia, which provides updated estimates of family living expenses for the coffee-producing rural Guji zone, a small administrative division in the south of Ethiopia in the Oromia Region. This report uses available Anker Living […]
New: 2022 Reference Value and Benchmark Updates
All new 2022 Reference Value and Benchmark updates are now available from the GLWC and Anker Research Institute. New Reference Value updates are available for Burkina Faso, Madagascar, Mozambique, Rwanda, and Tanzania and new Benchmark updates are available for South Africa and Pakistan. The reports estimate the wages or incomes a worker in these regions […]
The GLWC Action Network welcomes Fair Labor Association
Since 2013, the Global Living Wage Coalition has been at the forefront of driving knowledge-based living wage action in supply chains. Following the GLWC’s restructure into two independent but complementary entities (the Anker Research Institute and GLWC Action Network), the coalition is expanding! New members bring significant opportunities to extend the Coalition’s thinking and action […]
2022 Living Wage Updates: Mexico, Kenya, India & Pakistan
The GLWC and Anker Research Institute are happy to share that 2022 Living Wage Updates for Mexico, Kenya, India, and Pakistan are now available. These new living wage reports for Michoacán, Mexico; rural Lake Naivasha; rural Rural Badohi, India; and Urban and Rural Sialkot, Pakistan update living wage estimates to account for changes in inflation, […]
GLWC Joins Initiatives Calling for Living Wages for All
The Global Living Wage Coalition is proud to extend our support to two inspiring advocacy campaigns. We have recently signed up to the ‘Good Clothes Fair Pay’ campaign, a global call for action in the garment sector, and we’ve joined over 60 companies and organisations to call on the European Parliament to ensure living wages […]
ARI Senior Researcher Speaks at Trade Union Meeting in Guatemala
Living wage conversations often focus on the roles and responsibilities of companies to provide for their workers, but workers and their representatives in trade unions can and should play an active role in closing the gap to living wages as well. One way the GLWC works to advance living wages is by providing workers and […]
Two New Working Papers on Living Incomes in Brazil!
The GLWC and Anker Research Institute are announcing two new publications in the working paper series, “Living Incomes for Cocoa Growing Regions in Brazil” and “Living Incomes for Coffee Growing Regions in Brazil.” These reports provide Anker Living Income estimates for six cocoa growing areas in Brazil: South Bahia; East Rondonia; Southwest Pará; Southeast Pará; […]