1914 Henry Ford astounds the world as he announces that he will pay a minimum wage of $5 a day and will share with employees $10 million in the previous year’s profits.

http://interglacial.com/pub/text/Umberto_Eco_-_Eternal_Fascism.html

1932 Umberto Eco, Italian novelist (The Name of the Rose).

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/jul/21/observer-editorial-living-wage-law