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Infographic: Who benefits from Ontario’s $15 minimum wage?
The Ontario government has committed to raise its minimum wage to $15 on January 1, 2019. But who in the province will benefit most from…
Outside the echo-chamber of commerce: Why a $15 minimum wage is good for Ontario
Between July 10 and 21, the Ontario government will be holding public consultations across the province to get feedback on its proposed improvements to labour…
Fast Facts: Giving Manitoba’s Working Families a Fair Shake:
The 2016-17 Living Wage Update Notwithstanding stable economic growth and consistently low unemployment, poverty remains a problem in Manitoba. In 2014, 11 percent of Manitobans…
A Family Living Wage for Manitoba
2016-17 Update Download 407.39 KB 10 pages Families who work for low wages face impossilbe choices–buy food or heat the house, feed the children or…
Halifax can be a living wage leader
Halifax City Council should heed their staff’s recommendation to “engage external stakeholders and conduct further investigation on whether or not to adopt an employee compensation/living…
Our Schools/Our Selves: Spring-Summer 2017
The Anatomy of a Nova Scotia Teachers’ Strike Welcome to the new Our Schools / Our Selves! Thanks so much for your patience. No doubt…
A $15 minimum wage in Ontario: a game changer
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Slow wage growth: why Canada needs a pay raise
The cost of living keeps going up, but new Statistics Canada data shows that slow earnings growth means pay raises aren’t keeping up with inflation.…
Workers in a dangerous time
Every year on April 28 a Day of Mourning is observed for workers killed or injured on the job. The Association of Workers’ Compensation Boards…
Fill a prescription or fill the gas tank? Affordability is a common concern for families across BC
Today, 11 communities across BC released their local living wage rates. A living wage is the hourly amount that two working parents with two young…
Working for a Living Wage 2017
Making Paid Work Meet Basic Family Needs in Metro Vancouver Download 2.83 MB 8 pages Please note: The updated 2019 Living Wage report is now available. Attachments Working…
Metro Vancouver families face increasing child care and housing costs
(Vancouver) The wage needed to cover the costs of raising a family in Metro Vancouver is virtually unchanged in the past year, however, child care…
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