The new Pittsburgh Wage Study report "Motivations, Barriers, and Strategies: Perceptions of Human Service Organizations to Proposals to Raise the Minimum Wage" utilized in-depth interviews with 25 leaders of Human Service Organizations of varying budget sizes in the Pittsburgh Area to understand their perceptions of proposals to raise the minimum wage and capacity to do so. This report was authored by doctoral student Christina Huerta, MSW alumna Daisia Williams, Alyssa Parr, Research Associate at Center for Applied Research & Educational Improvement, and Associate Professors Jeffrey Shook & Rafael J. Engel.
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