It is not right that people who are playing by the rules and going to work every day have to live in poverty conditions.
Taxpayers pay the price of low wages in subsidized health care, housing and food stamps.
With living wages, we all win. The Dane County Living Wage Campaign addresses declining wages in the midst of economic growth, the widening gap between the highest and lowest paid, and the shredding of the safety net for peole living in poverty. The coalition has grown to include community organizations, religious groups, service providers, and low-wage workers who believe that living wages are both a moral concern and a responsibility of local government.