{"id":4086,"date":"2016-04-23T18:12:58","date_gmt":"2016-04-23T18:12:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iamaw16.ca\/?p=4086"},"modified":"2016-04-23T18:12:58","modified_gmt":"2016-04-23T18:12:58","slug":"bc-fed-fight-for-15-the-movement-is-growing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iamaw16.ca\/?p=4086","title":{"rendered":"BC FED &#8211; Fight for $15 &#8211; The movement is growing"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The movement is growing<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>The call for fair wages is so important here in BC, where we now have the lowest minimum wage in Canada. At $10.45 per hour, full-time workers are living nearly $6000 below the poverty line. That&#8217;s got to change.<\/p>\n<p>A week ago thousands of people across Canada stood together for a fair minimum wage as part of our National Day of Action. They collectively called for provincial governments to raise minimum wage to $15\/hr. It is amazing to see our movement growing.<\/p>\n<p>And you can help build momentum. <a title=\"Facebook link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fightfor15bc.ca\/r?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FFight-for-15-BC-766646460038824%2F&amp;e=8162275ee86cdd710810ddc574be6ccd&amp;utm_source=wevotebc&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=april_15&amp;n=1\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=http:\/\/www.fightfor15bc.ca\/r?u%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.facebook.com%252FFight-for-15-BC-766646460038824%252F%26e%3D8162275ee86cdd710810ddc574be6ccd%26utm_source%3Dwevotebc%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_campaign%3Dapril_15%26n%3D1&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1461521175032000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFPTk2Xm56Py2KzFDGSrAEXN-kjYQ\"><span style=\"color: #1155cc;\">Like our Facebook page to be part of calls to action, to hear about upcoming events, and to learn about wins across North America.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/a>Together we have the power to build an economy that works for everyone.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"CToWUd a6T\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"rally.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/ci6.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/cdUwn_EoGbUq0xkEctPkkXviOxKgzL4Oso9AIkdbRtgqGW_IorClpaKH4mJ41VD_0cQTotiDuRRJ70wO34kToFJlQGPyvXv_1jiyqibebXTtSZxuouJ7mMOuRi9hiXLa3Gggg0Fd0yDa0KSY7HV5uL-c152Y3XYmGw=s0-d-e1-ft#http:\/\/d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net\/wevotebc\/mailings\/82\/attachments\/original\/rally.jpg?1461348593\" alt=\"rally.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"188\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"a6S bar\" dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The movement is growing The call for fair wages is so important here in BC, where we now have the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4086","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iamaw16.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4086","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iamaw16.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iamaw16.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iamaw16.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iamaw16.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4086"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iamaw16.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4086\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iamaw16.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iamaw16.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iamaw16.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}