Critical Wage Theory : Why Wage Justice Is Racial Justice.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Garcia, Ruben J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Critical race theory.

Minimum wage--Law and legislation.

Minimum wage.

Racial justice.

Wages--Law and legislation.

Wages.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (193 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, 2024.

Summary:

In this highly original and personal book, Ruben J. Garcia argues forcefully that we must center the minimum wage as a tool for fighting structural racism. Employing the lessons of critical race theory to show how low minimum wages and underenforcement of workplace laws have always been features of our racially stratified society, Garcia explains why we must follow the leadership of social movements by treating increases in minimum wage levels and enforcement as matters of racial justice. Offering solutions that would benefit all workers, especially the immigrants and people of color most often made victims of wage theft, Critical Wage Theory is essential reading for anyone who seeks a more just future for the working class.

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction: The Importance of the Minimum Wage

1. A Critical Race Theory of Wage Justice

2. Movements Framing the Minimum Wage as a Matter of Racial Justice

3. Immigrants, Day Laborers, and Exotic Dancers: At Risk for Wage Theft

4. Legally Sanctioned Subminimum Wages

5. Legacies of Race and Slavery: Sweatshops, Prisons, Fields

6. The Racial Political Economy: Gig Workers, Home Workers, and the State

7. Improving the Minimum Wage as a Tool for Racial Justice

8. The Future of the Minimum Wage in the Global Economy

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9780520388048

0520388046

OCLC:

1435753421