Lidl has announced that it is to become a Living Wage employer in Ireland, following a Forum on the Living Wage hosted last week by Minister Ged Nash and addressed by the Tánaiste in Dublin Castle. 

By David Swanson
Twelve students at the University of Virginia on Saturday began a hunger strike for a living wage policy for university employees. They've taken this step after having exhausted just about every other possible approach over a period of 14 years. I was part of the campaign way back when it started. I can support the assertion made by hunger-striking student A.J. Chandra on Saturday, who said: "We have not spent 14 years building up the case for a living wage. Rather, the campaign has made the case over and over again."