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
Minimum Wage
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
We need to change the conversation from exclusion to creating good jobs for all
“Low-wage jobs,” “part-time work,” “employers cutting corners,” “fast food workers feeling squeezed” – it is not often that issues of precarious work get widespread and prolonged media and public debate. That’s just what has happened over the last few weeks as stories emerged of McDonald’s and other fast-food workers being laid-off in favour of migrant… contine reading
The fight for a $14 minimum wage continues!
The Campaign to Raise the Minimum Wage is organizing a provincial day of action on Monday, April 14. It is more critical than ever that our fight for $14 continues and that we demand that MPPs support Bill 165 which indexes the minimum wage to inflation. Find out more here In Toronto, join us on… contine reading
What’s in the decent work bills?
This spring, we have a real opportunity to pass laws that will improve our wages and working conditions. There are now several important bills being considered by Members of Provincial Parliament. But we need to work together to make sure that these bills are strengthened and passed before the Legislative Assembly breaks for the summer.… contine reading
Rally for fair wages takes over Eaton Centre!
This past Family Day weekend, communities across Ontario sent a strong message to our elected officials and to Premier Kathleen Wynne that Ontario families need decent work and wages in a day of action organized by the Campaign to Raise the Minimum Wage. Just two weeks after Kathleen Wynne promised a 75-cent increase to the minimum… contine reading
$11 minimum wage not enough. Workers still earning below the poverty line!
Premier Kathleen Wynne announced today that the minimum wage will increase to $11.00 on June 1st, and legislation will be introduced to increase the minimum wage with the cost of living each year. The minimum wage rate for students will rise to $10.30 and for servers to $9.55 on June 1. While these measures are important… contine reading
Doctors’ Orders: $14 for a healthy Ontario
On January 14th, WAC joined with the Campaign to Raise the Minimum Wage to call for a $14 minimum wage for a healthy Ontario. This month, health providers hosted a press conference at Queen’s Park and urged the government to improve health and well being in Ontario by raising the minimum wage to $14. At the press… contine reading
Spirits blaze at holiday action for $14 NOW!
This past Saturday, WAC gathered as part of the Campaign to Raise the Minimum Wage for a holiday minimum wage action outside the Toronto Eaton Centre. In collaboration with the OPSEU Provincial Young Workers Committee and many supporters, we handed out hundreds of candy canes and cups of hot chocolate – while collecting signatures on holiday cards… contine reading
MPPs feel the heat for a $14 minimum wage
On November 14th, WAC gathered as part of the Campaign to Raise the Minimum Wage to visit Members of Provincial Parliament across Toronto urging them to support a $14 minimum wage for all workers. Our day started off with a community delegation visit to Premier Kathleen Wynne’s constituency office. WAC members, supporters and minimum wage campaign allies… contine reading