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”
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.
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)
