For someone who doesn’t get a living wage, the term is surely important
Comment on Economics: The Family Wage
Rodeo@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
Man I’ve been trying to get people to stop saying living wage forever now. Just living isn’t good enough. We want to be comfortable.
We don’t want living wages, we want GOOD wages.
Sibbo@sopuli.xyz 10 months ago
walnutwalrus@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Yeah I often see people discussing minimum wages and living wages, this was a different concept I stumbled upon for people to think about, which makes sense for society to consider because if workers have families they’re not simply trying to earn a “living wage” (enough for them) but also enough for kids and/or spouse, etc.
family wage: enough to support a whole family by one breadwinner (traditionally thought of as an individual male; even with dual breadwinners you could still have an idea of how much a “family wage” would be that pays for the costs of the whole family)
living wage: enough to support an individual
minimum legal wage: legally allowed minimum to pay per hour (I don’t know how common it has been for a minimum wage to be enough to raise a family)