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Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (view source)
Revision as of 17:39, September 18, 2009
, 17:39, September 18, 2009the idea is that corporate responsibility requires that even entry level jobs pay a "living wage" - no need for upward mobility when the first rung is permanent financial security
==Harassment of corporations==
==Harassment of corporations==
{{quotation|One is hard-pressed to find in the organization's many antipoverty initiatives any programs that address social dysfunctions like illegitimacy and single parenthood. Instead, as Acorn's executive director, Steven Kest, said several years ago, "We are more focused on irresponsible behavior in the corporate sector. I don't think [illegitimacy] comes anywhere close to the irresponsible behavior of people running the largest businesses in this country."<ref name=living-wage/> }}
{{quotation|One is hard-pressed to find in the organization's many antipoverty initiatives any programs that address social dysfunctions like illegitimacy and single parenthood. Instead, as Acorn's executive director, Steven Kest, said several years ago, "We are more focused on [[corporate responsibility|irresponsible behavior]] in the corporate sector. I don't think [illegitimacy] comes anywhere close to the irresponsible behavior of people running the largest businesses in this country."<ref name=living-wage/> }}
==Campaign to establish a "living wage"==
==Campaign to establish a "living wage"==