Coalition waging fight to increase pay at A&M [View All]

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Texas A&M University faculty members and local community groups are asking the university to raise the wages of its lowest-paid workers to a level above the poverty line that they say would allow a family to afford basic needs.

Some A&M employees struggle to buy enough food and provide adequate shelter for their families, according to the Living Wage Coalition of the Brazos Valley, the group behind the movement. <snip>

A living wage is considered the amount of money full-time employees must earn to stay above the federal poverty level and afford such basic necessities as housing, clothing, food and health care.

... The Bryan-College Station area’s living wage is $9.79 an hour ...
That translates to $20,363 per year ... <snip>

http://www.theeagle.com/aandmnews/040305wages.php