| Description: | Provided testimony to the New York Wage Board, impaneled by Governor Andrew Cuomo, to recommend a new minimum wage for fast-food workers in New York, on why an increase to $15/hr, indexed to consumer price increases, is required under the legal “adequacy” standard for “health and livelihood” under New York’s Labor Law. In so doing, provided a narrative account of the legal standards envisioned under “minimum” or “living” wage laws in U.S. and international labor history. |
| Project/Activity Leader(s): | Tara Melish, Associate Professor and Director, Buffalo Human Rights Center |
| Unit: | Law School |
| Department: | Law School |
| City: | Buffalo |
| State: | NY |
| Country: | United States |
| External Funding: | No |
| Start Date: | 2015-06 |
| End Date: | 2015-06 |
| External Partners: | Coalition for Economic Justice (CEJ) |
| Are UB students involved? | No |
