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  • “Un solo empleo debería ser suficiente”. Cómo los trabajos de bajos salarios de Charlotte hacen que la vivienda sea inaccesible

    Pam Kelley

    March 16, 2020 |

    La Noticia |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Charlotte, North Carolina

    Durante el 2017, a través de diferentes ciudades de Carolina del Norte, se implemento una estrategia económica voluntaria la cual motivo a empleadores a incrementar el salario mínimo. Miles de trabajadores han podido emprender trabajos con un salario digno debido a esta estrategia, la cual fue recomendada para la ciudad de Charlotte por Equal Opportunity Task Force, una organización sin fines de lucro. La organizacion busca abordar la desigualdad económica para los trabajadores mas mal pagados, y los problemas que causa en poder pagar por vivienda decente.

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  • 'One Job Should Be Enough': How Charlotte's Low-Wage Jobs Make Housing Unaffordable

    Pam Kelley

    November 04, 2019 |

    WFAE |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Charlotte, North Carolina

    Living-wage advocates in North Carolina have turned to the business community to address low minimum wages which prevent employees from escaping poverty. Where local and state governments are unable to pass higher minimum wages, businesses have been encouraged to increase their minimum wages and consider the benefits of lower employee turnover and less money spent on recruitment and training, despite the increased payroll costs. Nonprofits like Just Economics of Western North Carolina calculate the living wage a person should make in a specific area depending on whether they have dependents or not.

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