An increase in the minimum wage to $14 has overwhelming support across the province. A CTV poll found 72% of 1,769 respondents agreed Ontario should raise the minimum wage to $14/hour. These numbers were released as the campaign for a minimum wage was launched across the province last Thursday and Friday. Melt the freeze actions… contine reading
Archives for March 2013
Communities around Ontario call on MPPs to melt the minimum wage freeze now
A province-wide campaign to raise the minimum wage was launched today, with actions calling on the government to melt the freeze taking place around Ontario. In Toronto, over 200 people braved the cold outside the Ministry of Labour office, where a mountain of ice was set up on the Ministry’s doorsteps. Community members and labour… contine reading
WAC members deliver 400 stories of wage theft to MPPs
On Friday, WAC members delivered 400 stories of wage theft to four MPPs in Toronto. We have been out speaking to workers about their experiences of wage theft across the city. On Friday we delivered 100 postcards to each MPP documenting workers stories in their riding.. These postcards represent 100 individuals and 100 families that… contine reading
Growing pressure for minimum wage increase
Campaign 2000 joins the growing number of groups across the province calling for an increase in the minimum wage. In their 2012 report card on child poverty released on Thursday, Campaign 2000 notes that 1/3 of children in poverty in Ontario (or 92,500 kids) have one parent who works full-time. To ensure work is a… contine reading