Join the campaign to raise the minimum wage!
Published by Patrick May 4th, 2007 in House of Labour, Make Poverty History, Political Action Tags: action, bc fed, Make Poverty History.Dear PSAC Members:
Please join the campaign to raise the minimum wage! The lowest paid workers in BC need our support.
I’m asking you to support the campaign to boost the minimum wage in BC to at least $10 an hour and to eliminate the $6 â€training rate†for new workers (AKA another subsidy for big business.).
The Campbell government has frozen the minimum wage at $8 since November 2001. The labour movement says five years without a raise is too long. Minimum-waged workers in BC cannot live on their wages. We’re calling for an immediate increase to at least $10, closely followed by regular future increases that are tied to cost of living increases.
A minimum wage of at least $10 would benefit 115,000 workers who earn the minimum, plus another 135,000 workers who make less than $10 per hour.
Please click on the following link to go to the B.C. Federation of Labour campaign site and join thousands of people by signing the $10 NOW petition.
Please forward this link to friends and family who also support the call to raise the minimum wage. Thank you.
In solidarity, Kay Sinclair, Regional Executive Vice-President, BC