All new 2022 Reference Value and Benchmark updates are now available from the GLWC and Anker Research Institute. New Reference Value updates are available for Burkina Faso, Madagascar, Mozambique, Rwanda, and Tanzania and new Benchmark updates are available for South Africa and Pakistan. The reports estimate the wages or incomes a worker in these regions […]
Announcements
The latest news and announcements from the Global Living Wage Coalition.
The GLWC Action Network welcomes Fair Labor Association
Since 2013, the Global Living Wage Coalition has been at the forefront of driving knowledge-based living wage action in supply chains. Following the GLWC’s restructure into two independent but complementary entities (the Anker Research Institute and GLWC Action Network), the coalition is expanding! New members bring significant opportunities to extend the Coalition’s thinking and action […]
2022 Living Wage Updates: Mexico, Kenya, India & Pakistan
The GLWC and Anker Research Institute are happy to share that 2022 Living Wage Updates for Mexico, Kenya, India, and Pakistan are now available. These new living wage reports for Michoacán, Mexico; rural Lake Naivasha; rural Rural Badohi, India; and Urban and Rural Sialkot, Pakistan update living wage estimates to account for changes in inflation, […]
GLWC Joins Initiatives Calling for Living Wages for All
The Global Living Wage Coalition is proud to extend our support to two inspiring advocacy campaigns. We have recently signed up to the ‘Good Clothes Fair Pay’ campaign, a global call for action in the garment sector, and we’ve joined over 60 companies and organisations to call on the European Parliament to ensure living wages […]
ARI Senior Researcher Speaks at Trade Union Meeting in Guatemala
Living wage conversations often focus on the roles and responsibilities of companies to provide for their workers, but workers and their representatives in trade unions can and should play an active role in closing the gap to living wages as well. One way the GLWC works to advance living wages is by providing workers and […]
Two New Working Papers on Living Incomes in Brazil!
The GLWC and Anker Research Institute are announcing two new publications in the working paper series, “Living Incomes for Cocoa Growing Regions in Brazil” and “Living Incomes for Coffee Growing Regions in Brazil.” These reports provide Anker Living Income estimates for six cocoa growing areas in Brazil: South Bahia; East Rondonia; Southwest Pará; Southeast Pará; […]
New Reference Value for Urban Sri Lanka
The GLWC and The Anker Research Institute are excited to share the new 2022 Living Wage Reference Value for typical urban areas of Sri Lanka, This Reference Value estimates the wage a worker in a typical urban area of Sri Lanka would need to receive each month to afford a basic but decent living. Anker […]
Living Wage Updates for Bangladesh, Ethiopia + India
The GLWC and Anker Research Institute are excited to announce new living wage updates for Bangladesh, Ethiopia, and India! These new living wage reports for Dhaka, Bangladesh and its surrounding Satellite cities; the Ziway region of Ethiopia; and urban Tiruppur, India update living wage estimates to account for changes in inflation, exchange rates, costs of […]
New Reference Value for Urban Thailand
The GLWC and The Anker Research Institute are excited to share the new 2022 Living Wage Reference Value for typical urban areas of Thailand. This Reference Value estimates the wage a worker in a typical urban area of Thailand would need to receive each month to afford a basic but decent living. Anker Reference Values […]
New Living Wage Updates for South Africa and Brazil
The GLWC and Anker Research Institute are happy to share that 2022 Living Wage updates for South Africa and Brazil are now available. These new living wage reports for Western Cape Province, South Africa; the South/Southwestern region of Minas Gerais, Brazil; and the non-metropolitan São Paulo State, Brazil, update living wage estimates to account for […]
