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Vancouver - It’s time to scrap the training wage and raise BC’s minimum wage to $10.00 per hour says B.C. Federation of Labour President Jim Sinclair.

“BC’s lowest paid workers deserve a raise,” Sinclair said. “Minimum wage earners working full-time should earn enough to stay above the poverty line. That can only be achieved by immediately raising the minimum wage to at least $10.00 per hour.”

“The provincial government likes to crow about a booming economy, but it’s only booming for a few. BC’s lowest paid workers have been left behind,” Sinclair said. Sinclair’s comments came on the fifth anniversary of BC’s last increase to the minimum wage.

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