Across Canada, and throughout North America, protests and demonstrations are being held Wednesday (April 15) to call for a $15 minimum hourly wage. The Fight for 15 campaign started in 2012 when fast food workers went on strike in New York City. The movement has spread far beyond the fast-food industry since.
“We are supporting a global-wide action,” Sharleen Stewart, President of SEIU Local 1 told rabble.ca. “We realized ourselves that there’s still a lot of what people consider full-time professions that are making less than $15 an hour here too,” said Stewart.
In Canada’s most populous province of Ontario a coalition of over 40 organizations is launching the Fight for $15 and Fairness campaign.
In 2014, Canada’s Official Opposition NDP promised to implement a $15 minimum hour wage if elected (an election is scheduled in October). ““It is unacceptable in a country as rich as Canada that people can work full time and still live in poverty,” said leader Thomas Mulcair.”
More information:
Fight for 15 website – here
Fight For $15 and Fairness website – 15andfairness.org
Canadian Labour Congress – The Minimum Wage in Canada – here
Global News – NDP promises minimum wage for some workers – here
rabble.ca – Canadian workers are joining global action: The fight for $15 minimum wage – here
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives – The Case for Increasing the Minimum Wage – here
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