Making Paid Work Meet Basic Family Needs in Metro Vancouver
Apr 27, 2017
The 2017 living wage for Metro Vancouver is $20.62 an hour. This is the amount needed for a family of four with two parents…
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Securing Fair Employment and Income: Where Living Wage and the Fight for $15 and Fairness Intersect
Feb 7, 2017
The living wage and Fight for $15 and Fairness movements, while seemingly different on the surface, are not so divergent when…
Chatham-Kent Launches and Brings on Employers During Living Wage Week
Nov 3, 2016
The Chatham-Kent Prosperity Roundtable leads local living wage initiative to celebrate 4 new living wage employers
Vancouver City Council Shows Leadership on Living Wages
Oct 14, 2016
Vancouver city council’s vote to become a living-wage employer recognizes the principle that full-time work should provide…
Webinar: Calculating the Living Wage in Ontario
Sep 26, 2016
Please join Greg deGrooot-Maggetti and Zohra Jamasi for this webinar from the Ontario Living Wage Network on the new…
An Unlikely Sector Considers Liveable Wages
Sep 15, 2016
The Gratuity Free movement started in New York City in 2015. According to an article by the Guardian on October 15, 2015, an…
A Living Wage for Whitehorse
Jul 7, 2016
Kendall Hammond, researcher, talks about how Whitehorse, Yukon's new living wage calculation is sparking new conversations about…
Webinar: Reaching out to employers about the living wage
Jul 6, 2016
Have you identified a sympathetic employer but are not sure how to take the first step towards asking them to join a living wage…
Brewery announces its support of living wage initiative
Jun 27, 2016
Muskoka Brewery works with the Poverty Reduction of Muskoka Planning Team (PROMPT) to become a living wage employer, the fist…
Income Trends and Canadian Consumer Debt
Jun 6, 2016
Over the past 15 years Canadian consumer debt has risen dramatically. Since 2000, the percentage of Canadian debt in…