June 12 is the provincial election. Candidates running for office will be asking for your vote and support. It’s a perfect time to send a message that we need decent wages and jobs – NOT poverty wages and temp jobs! The election announcement means that the decent work bills to index the minimum wage to… contine reading
Archives for May 2014
Can you balance the bills on $10.25?
On May 14th, CFS-Ontario and the OFL Young Workers Committee joined with the Campaign to Raise the Minimum Wage to organize a real-life minimum wage obstacle course and rally for young workers. The obstacle course featured the race to pay rent; the unpaid bills balancing act; the child-care juggle and much more! Participants tested their survival skills at each station to see… contine reading