STATEMENTS from various denominations and faith based organizations pertaining to a living wage or economic justice:

Alliance of Baptists – “A Statement on Economic Justice”

American Friends Service Committee – “Economic Inequality”

Episcopalian Network for Economic Justice

• “Organizing for Economic Justice”
• “Episcopalian Joint Statement on the Need for a Living Wage” (February 2014)

Evangelical Lutheran Church in America – “Sufficient, Sustainable Livelihood for All”

Interfaith Worker Justice – “Raising the Minimum Wage”

Presbyterian Church (USA) – “Presbyterian Resources for Worker Justice”

United Church of Christ – “Justice for Workers in their Workplaces”

United Methodist Church – “A Living Wage”

United States Conference of Catholic Bishops –“A Catholic Framework for Economic Life”

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RESOLUTIONS from denominations on a living wage:

The Pacific Northwest Conference of the UCC passed a Living Wage Resolution of Witness at their Annual Meeting (April 2014)

• Congregations are encouraged to consider endorsing the Living Wage Principles of the Church Council of Greater Seattle as one way to begin or continue a congregation’s commitment to living wage education and advocacy.

 

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NEWS from denominations about living wage efforts

United Methodist Church—“In pursuit of a ‘living wage’: Labor, community advocates, faith communities lead adoption of a $15 minimum SeaTac wage” (April 2014)

United Church of Christ—“Young adults work to establish a living wage in Seattle” (April 2014)