A survey of multi-stakeholder coalitions on today’s progressive landscape. The authors explain “social dialogue” as formal partnerships between labor, employers, and government in shaping social and economic policy. Finding this to be largely absent in the US, the authors examine various cases of labor in alliance with management alone, and with other social actors. Case studies are culled from across the nation, and range from local to national to international action.

This report highlights best practices in living wage movements through case studies of Los Angeles, San Jose, Oakland, and San Diego campaigns. Discussion centers on the fruitful alliance between labor unions and community organizations in building living wage movements, and on living wage ordinances as tools for equitable economic growth.