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OverviewIn 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. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Ruben J. GarciaPublisher: University of California Press Imprint: University of California Press Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.272kg ISBN: 9780520388031ISBN 10: 0520388038 Pages: 226 Publication Date: 09 July 2024 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock ![]() The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsContents 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 IndexReviewsAuthor InformationRuben J. Garcia is Professor of Law and Co-director of the Workplace Law Program at the William S. Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He is author of Marginal Workers: How Legal Fault Lines Divide Workers and Leave Them without Protection. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |