What Is A Livable Wage?
It is the minimum income necessary for a worker to afford safe housing, food, medical, and transport expenses
Why A Livable Wage Matters:
Paying a livable wage to manufacturing employees ensures that the people who make the products we wear can support their own basic needs.
Employees
WITHOUT
a livable wage are
more likely to:
Put their kids to work instead of school
Be unable to withstand health crisis
Work overtime or excessive jobs
Employees
WITH
a livable wage are
more likely to:
Be more motivated and more productive
Stay in their job, which results in companies spending less on recruitment and training
Work overtime or excessive jobs
Nashville's Wage Comparison
$8299
The amount of income someone is short of meeting their basic needs after earning a minimum wage for a standard 40-hour work week over a year