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Living Wage for Rural Kericho, Kenya

Alex Ducett — Wed, 12 Jul 2023 20:21:57 +0000

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New Living Wage Updates for Kenya, South Africa, and Brazil

Alex Ducett — Thu, 21 Oct 2021 19:40:29 +0000

The GLWC and Anker Research Institute are happy to share that 2021 Living Wage Updates for Kenya, South Africa, Minas Gerais, Brazil and São Paulo, Brazil are now available. The new living wage reports for Kenya, South Africa, and Brazil update living wage estimates to account for changes in inflation, exchange rates, costs of living, and policy changes since the original reporting. All of these reports estimate the wage a worker in these regions would need to receive each month to afford a basic but decent living for themselves and their family.

Read the reports:

Read the newest living wage update: Lake Naivasha, Kenya

Read the newest living wage update: South Africa

Read the newest living wage update: Minas Gerais, Brazil

Read the newest living wage update: São Paulo, Brazil

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Living Wage for Lake Naivasha, Kenya

Alex Ducett — Fri, 26 Jul 2019 01:45:28 +0000

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In Work but Trapped in Poverty

Alex Ducett — Tue, 12 Jun 2018 15:37:11 +0000

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Towards a Living Wage

Alex Ducett — Thu, 31 May 2018 19:50:32 +0000

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Floriculture Sustainability Initiative Key Topic Paper: Living Wage

Alex Ducett — Thu, 31 May 2018 19:48:51 +0000

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Attaining living wages in international supply chains Living wages in the cut-flower sector in East-Africa

Alex Ducett — Tue, 01 May 2018 18:42:30 +0000

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East Africa Flower Industry

Alex Ducett — Mon, 09 Apr 2018 18:56:16 +0000

Project Name

Living Wage for East African Flowers

Project Summary

This programme aims to promote Living Wages for workers in flowers and plants by producing research on living wage and wage setting in Ethiopia and Kenya. The programme aims to build awareness regarding wage issues, mutual trust required for collaboration and acceptance of the need for Living Wage among supply chain actors. As part of the programme new instruments have been created to drive change, including a Floor Wage for workers in floriculture.

Project Partners

Technical support

Martha and Richard Anker
Ergon Associates
True Price

Funding Support

Project Goal

To promote Living Wages in the production of East African flowers and plants.

Project Progress/Results

The initial outcome of the living wage benchmark studies were discussed with several local stakeholders and in roundtable discussions.

The wage structure analyses and Living Wage benchmarks will serve as a basis for further discussion on how to work towards improved wages for the workers in the horticulture sector.

In 2017 GLWC member Fairtrade International introduced in its standard a Floor Wage for floriculture that seeks to address wage levels set below international poverty lines due to the absence of a legal minimum wages and other factors. Fairtrade has applied the World Bank absolute poverty line of US$ 1.90 corrected for purchasing power parity, related to typical family size and number of wage earners to create a minimum requirement for base wages. The Floor Wage for floriculture is approximately 80% higher than current entry-level base wages in Ethiopia (1500 vs. 800 Birr). Fairtrade allows a transition period for already certified plantations of 2 years, whereby 85% of the floor needs to be reached after year 1. The Floor Wage is also meant to help level the playing field between Ethiopian and Kenyan producers, the latter having to comply with minimum wage laws and CBA rates.

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