{"id":3223,"date":"2015-04-19T18:06:12","date_gmt":"2015-04-19T18:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iamaw16.ca\/?p=3223"},"modified":"2015-04-19T18:06:12","modified_gmt":"2015-04-19T18:06:12","slug":"bc-fed-minimum-wage-isnt-whats-ailing-struggling-families","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iamaw16.ca\/?p=3223","title":{"rendered":"BC FED – Minimum Wage Isn\u2019t What\u2019s Ailing Struggling Families"},"content":{"rendered":"

Minimum Wage Isn\u2019t What\u2019s Ailing Struggling Families<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n

Letter to the Editor Via Email: sunletters@vancouversun.com.<\/p>\n

Vancouver Sun<\/p>\n

#1 – 200 Granville Street Vancouver BC V6C 3N3<\/p>\n

RE: Minimum Wage Isn\u2019t What\u2019s Ailing Struggling Families<\/p>\n

Poverty is complicated, and there is no doubt that BC needs a comprehensive poverty reduction strategy to tackle the growing inequality in our province.<\/p>\n

There is also no doubt that a meaningful increase to the minimum wage must be part of this strategy.\"bcfed130\"<\/a><\/p>\n

There are currently more than 500,000 people in BC earning less than $15\/hr. That is a quarter of our province\u2019s working population. They come from all demographics and all living situations. And, they are all earning a wage that keeps them in poverty.<\/p>\n

The Fraser Institute tries to dismiss these people, making the questionable claim that minimum wage jobs are temporary and temporary poverty is acceptable.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t believe poverty is ever acceptable, and neither do the 78% of British Columbians who agree that the minimum wage should put a full-time earner above the poverty line.<\/p>\n

I will agree with the Fraser Institute on one thing \u2013 increasing the minimum wage alone will not solve poverty. But, there is no one magic bullet solution. We need a series of policy changes, and increasing the minimum wage to $15\/hr is one of them.<\/p>\n

Irene Lanzinger<\/p>\n

President, BC Federation of Labour<\/p>\n

https:\/\/iamaw16.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Van-Sun-Editor-Min-Wage.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n

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