Thanks to Susie and Luke, I read Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich (though it took me a while). It was a great book. I used it in Sunday’s sermon because it seemed to fit so well into the “justice” category. It makes me really think about what I can do. What is it that we can do to ensure fair wages? I had hope for Meijer but then learned that they didn’t have the fair labor practices that I thought that they had. So, I’m back to wondering how to purchase stuff fairly. How do I make sure that things are not built by low-wage labor and that are workers paid fairly and given benefits?
Posted by Heather Voss at February 2, 2005 10:43 PMThere is a woman at my field ed site who works for a Chicago non-profit called Interfatih Alliance for Worker Justice... or something like that. Anyway, she also does stuff with Episcopal Urban Caucus - and commented about the lack of young women and women clergy invovled. That might be a good place to start for some good info!