By Jean-Claude Basque It is time for New Brunswick to increase its minimum wage. And contrary to the view of opponents, there are many convincing arguments for adopting this policy change. Consider that for the past 15 years, the number of workers at the minimum wage has fluctuated between six and ten per cent of Continue readingIt’s time for a higher N.B. minimum wage
Minimum Wage
By David Bush On Tuesday, October 10 NewsTalk 1010 published a poll showing relatively tepid support in Toronto for the Liberal’s plan to raise the minimum wage in Ontario to $15/hr. The poll claims to show 61% of Toronto residents don’t want the province to move ahead with the $15/hour minimum wage rollout as planned. Continue readingFake News Fights Against $15
By Nick Day The backlash from employers and their lobbies over Ontario’s $15 minimum wage announcement has been loud but monotone. Their refrain: small businesses simply can’t afford to pay $15/hour. This increase will kill businesses or force them to cut jobs, which will ultimately hurt their low-wage workers – those very workers who are Continue readingHow I learned to stop worrying and love $15
By David Bush Watching the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs hearings on the Liberal government’s Bill 148, Fair Workplaces, Better Jobs Act this week you can see the louder parts of the business community time and again push a narrative that if the minimum wage goes up to $15 by January 1, 2019, Continue readingToo much, too soon: A brief history of Ontario employers crying wolf over the minimum wage
By Pam Frache and Evan Johnston The Fight for $15 and Fairness has made major gains in all areas of its campaign, from equal pay to fairer scheduling (including more paid vacation), from paid sick days to greater access to union protection. The Ontario government also pledged to raise the minimum wage from $11. 40 Continue readingHistoric breakthrough for Ontario’s Fight for $15 and Fairness
By Christine Saulnier The upcoming provincial election has thrust into the spotlight various debates about how to best address poverty in Nova Scotia: wage increases, social programs, tax-based incentives, or a job. Recently, the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party announced that, if elected, it would raise the minimum wage to $15 by 2020. In May Continue readingThe politics of anti-poverty policies in Nova Scotia
By Doug Nesbitt About 200 people from across southern Ontario, and as far north as Sudbury and North Bay gathered in Toronto on March 31-April 1 for a provincial strategy session of the Fight for $15 and Fairness. It was a great two days of discussion and workshops all geared towards building this campaign that Continue readingThe Road Ahead for Ontario’s Fight for $15
Rankandfile.ca’s West Coast Correspondent Daniel Tseghay interviews Dennel Pickering about the Fight for $15 movement that is getting underway in Saskatchewan.
By Doug Nesbitt Cineplex announced this week that ticket prices are going up and they’re blaming minimum wage increases. The media has been giving this story a lot of coverage, but most reports read like a press release from Cineplex. The CBC’s coverage, for instance, repeats the company’s line without doing basic research, talking Continue readingHigh Prices, Low Wages: In Cineplex Theatres Now
by the Kingston, Ontario chapter of $15 and Fairness Ontario’s Changing Workplaces Review (CWR) is long overdue. The last time Ontario labour relations were overhauled was under the Mike Harris government. After years of pressure, the Liberals have improved some employment standards, but there has been no overhaul of the “Open for Business” labour laws of the Continue readingChange Ontario’s workplaces by burying the Harris era
By Angella MacEwen The Alberta government has announced their timeline for getting to $15 / hour, which includes eliminating the lower minimum wage for liquor servers. The Alberta Federation of Labour has an excellent minimum wage campaign, called “15 is fair”. I provided some research support for a paper they produced on the positive economic impact Continue readingMinimum wages as economic stimulus?
By Denise Leduc, Rankandfile.ca Writer/Organizer In the 1970s a person working full-time making minimum wage would live 10 per cent above the poverty line. Today, that same person would be living approximately 12 per cent below the poverty line. In the past few years the Fight for 15 and discussions around living wages and a Continue readingVoices of Saskatchewan’s Precarious Workforce