The American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) won a higher wage floor in contract negotiations after the Insight Center for Community Economic Development used the Self-Sufficiency Standard in a wage analysis of University of California service workers, entitled High Ideals, Low Pay: A Wage Analysis of University of California Service Workers. The Standard was used to assess the degree to which University of California service workers’ wages were below the Self-Sufficiency Standard.