{"id":5300,"date":"2017-10-08T16:21:23","date_gmt":"2017-10-08T16:21:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iamaw16.ca\/?p=5300"},"modified":"2017-10-08T16:21:35","modified_gmt":"2017-10-08T16:21:35","slug":"bc-federation-of-labour-news-release-bc-federation-of-labour-welcomes-the-establishment-of-the-fair-wages-commission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iamaw16.ca\/?p=5300","title":{"rendered":"BC Federation of Labour News Release: BC Federation of Labour welcomes the establishment of the Fair Wages Commission"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>BC Federation of Labour welcomes the establishment of the Fair Wages Commission<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>NEWS RELEASE<br \/>\n**For immediate release**<br \/>\nOctober 5, 2017<br \/>\nBC Federation of Labour welcomes the establishment of the Fair Wages Commission<br \/>\nVancouver \u2013 The BC Federation of Labour welcomes today\u2019s announcement on the Fair Wages Commission and looks forward to taking part in the consultation process.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are eager to get this process started,\u201d said Irene Lanzinger, President of the BC Federation of Labour. \u201cWe welcome the news that the Commission has been established and is ready to get to work.<a href=\"https:\/\/iamaw16.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/bcfed130.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1551\" src=\"https:\/\/iamaw16.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/bcfed130.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"130\" height=\"126\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iamaw16.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/bcfed130.jpg 130w, https:\/\/iamaw16.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/bcfed130-60x58.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 130px) 100vw, 130px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is no secret that the BCFED is pushing the government to implement a $15 an hour minimum wage. We strongly believe that people working full-time should not find themselves living below the poverty line,\u201d said Lanzinger. \u201cI am pleased that we finally have a provincial government that agrees with this basic principle.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The BC Federation of Labour\u2019s Fight for $15 campaign calls for a $15 an hour minimum wage for all employees, no exceptions.<\/p>\n<p>Lanzinger said that the BCFED\u2019s proposal to the Commission will include the elimination of the server wage, which is currently $10.10 an hour, and the elimination of piece rate for<br \/>\nfarmworkers. Further, it will advocate for an aggressive timeline to reach $15 an hour.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe longer we wait to get to $15 an hour the further behind low-wage workers fall. Not only do we need to raise the wage quickly, but we then need a mechanism to ensure wages keep pace with the cost of living and begin to better reflect a real living wage,\u201d said Lanzinger. \u201cWe can\u2019t get to $15 and think our work is done.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/iamaw16.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/0500-17pr-IL-BC-Federation-of-Labour-welcomes-the-establishment-of-the-Fair-Wages-Commission.pdf\">https:\/\/iamaw16.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/0500-17pr-IL-BC-Federation-of-Labour-welcomes-the-establishment-of-the-Fair-Wages-Commission.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BC Federation of Labour welcomes the establishment of the Fair Wages Commission NEWS RELEASE **For immediate release** October 5, 2017 [&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-5300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iamaw16.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5300","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=5300"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/iamaw16.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5300\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5304,"href":"https:\/\/iamaw16.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5300\/revisions\/5304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iamaw16.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iamaw16.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iamaw16.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}