{"id":4333,"date":"2016-10-22T10:38:16","date_gmt":"2016-10-22T10:38:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iamaw16.ca\/?p=4333"},"modified":"2016-10-22T10:38:16","modified_gmt":"2016-10-22T10:38:16","slug":"bcfed-news-release-bcfed-calls-for-good-jobs-good-wages-action-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iamaw16.ca\/?p=4333","title":{"rendered":"BCFED News Release – BCFED calls for good jobs, good wages action plan"},"content":{"rendered":"

BCFED calls for good jobs, good wages action plan<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n

NEWS RELEASE\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 **For immediate release**<\/p>\n

BCFED calls for good jobs, good wages action plan Vancouver- The BC Federation Labour criticized the Clark government for poor economic management, declining wages, and the loss of good-paying, full-time jobs that support families and communities, in a presentation to Liberal and NDP politicians on the finance committee of
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\u201cThere\u2019s a crisis taking shape across our economy because good jobs are disappearing in BC, while wages aren\u2019t keeping pace,\u201d BCFED Secretary-Treasurer Aaron Ekman told the politicians. \u201cAnd we face the mounting problems of poverty and inequality that the Clark government has failed to address.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ekman says the recent timber mill closure in Merritt that will put 200 mill workers out of work just before Christmas symbolizes the looming crisis. \u201cGood-paying, full-time jobs\u2014like the 200 in Merritt\u2014that support families and communities are on the decline,\u201d he told the committee. \u201cAnd a deeper analysis of monthly government employment statistics shows that part-time jobs with low wages and instability for workers are on the rise.\u201d<\/p>\n

Historically, average wages in BC used to be among the highest in Canada, Ekman says. \u201cBut under the Liberals, we\u2019ve fallen to the low end, in a province where living costs are
\nskyrocketing.\u201d<\/p>\n

The BCFED\u2019s nine-point action plan includes a call that Victoria implement a good jobs strategy to create more full-time work in all sectors of the economy instead of precarious part-time positions, and that the BC government set a goal of making BC first in Canada in the creation of good-paying. full-time jobs.<\/p>\n

Ekman also demanded that the government shift gears with policies to make BC first in Canada for the highest average wage, including a $15 per hour minimum wage that would lift 500,000 BC workers\u201425% of the work force\u2014out of poverty.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor workers, life is less affordable because wages just aren\u2019t keeping up. We\u2019re paying more for everything. And the government is piling on higher costs for the basics like Hydro, ICBC, and MSP premiums.<\/p>\n

\u201cUnless we do something fast and chart a different course, our province is going to be a place where only the rich can live,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The full BCFED good jobs, good wages action plan can be downloaded here: Action Plan PDF<\/a>.
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BCFED calls for good jobs, good wages action plan NEWS RELEASE\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 **For immediate release** BCFED calls for good jobs, good […]<\/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-4333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iamaw16.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4333","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=4333"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iamaw16.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4333\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iamaw16.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iamaw16.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iamaw16.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}