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Book SynopsisStarting in the 1990s, San Francisco launched a series of bold but relatively unknown public policy experiments to improve wages and benefits for thousands of local workers. This book brings together that evidence for the first time, reviews it as a whole, and considers its lessons for local, state, and federal policymakers.
Trade Review"By helping other cities to pass such laws, the authors of When Mandates Work have performed a great public service that should pay dividends to workers across the nation in the years ahead." -- Randy Shaw Beyond Chron
Table of ContentsList of Figures List of Tables Acknowledgments Abbreviations and Glossary 1. When Do Mandates Work? Ken Jacobs and Michael Reich Part I The Pay Mandates 2. Labor Market Impacts of San Francisco's Minimum Wage Arindrajit Dube, Suresh Naidu, and Michael Reich 3. Liftoff: Raising Wages at San Francisco Airport Peter Hall, Ken Jacobs, and Michael Reich 4. Living Wage and Home Care Workers Candace Howes Part II The Benefit Mandates 5. Health Spending Requirements in San Francisco Carrie Colla, William Dow, and Arindrajit Dube 6. Requiring Equal Benefits for Domestic Partners Christy Mallory and Brad Sears 7. Universal Paid Sick Leave Vicky Lovell Part III Making the Mandates Work 8. Enforcement of Labor Standards Miranda Dietz, Donna Levitt, and Ellen Love 9. Labor Policy and Local Economic Development Miriam J. Wells 10. Community Benefit Agreements and Economic Development at Hunters Point Shipyard Ken Jacobs Afterword Miranda Dietz, Ken Jacobs, and Michael Reich Contributors Index
