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In This Issue: No. 9: January 2006 
•   What is a living wage?
•   Tsunami disaster, one year later
•   Advocates rally for economic justice
•   Major water rights victory
•   Volunteers help in Hurricane Katrina recovery
What is a living wage?
One of the most successful living wage campaigns, conducted by a UUSC partner organization in Santa Fe, N.M., may serve as a model for many similar advocacy initiatives across the country.

See a comprehensive analysis of the issue from the New York Times Magazine (pdf).

Advocates rally for economic justice
U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) joined UUSC and other social justice organizations at a special Martin Luther King Day event in support of living wages for all workers.

Read our call to action on living wages.

Volunteers help in Hurricane Katrina recovery
UUSC is providing a unique opportunity for volunteers to translate their values into direct action through on-the-ground projects to help survivors of the Gulf Coast hurricanes.

Find out more about JustWorks camps in Louisiana and Mississippi.

Tsunami disaster, one year later
UUSC's members and supporters responded with unprecedented generosity to provide humanitarian aid and long-term support to survivors of the Indian Ocean tsunami. A year later, social justice issues are hindering the recovery effort.

Read a comprehensive report on tsunami recovery.

Major water rights victory
Water rights activists and human rights defenders are celebrating the good news about the victory of the Bolivian people in their campaign to prevent the multinational giant Bechtel Corp. from privatizing the country's water supply.

UUSC's Hotwire has news and analysis on this and other important issues.

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