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Study calculates living wage for Halifax and Antigonish
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT HALIFAX/ANTIGONISH, NS—Two working parents with two children need to each earn a minimum of $19.17 an hour to…
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Working for a Living, Not Living for Work
The Halifax and Antigonish Living Wages for 2016 Download 624.82 KB48 pages This study uses the Canadian Living Wage Framework to update the living wage…
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2016 Living Wage for Regina and Weyburn
Download 538.55 KB6 pages The Saskatchewan Office of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives is pleased to announce our latest Living Wage calculations for the…
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The promise of the living wage
They are among the growing wave of employers in Ontario who pay their employees a living wage, which is considerably higher than the provincially mandated…
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How to make the Metro Vancouver living wage work for single parents
The living wage is designed to reflect the real costs of raising a family in a particular community. It’s based on a two-parent families with young children because…
Change in federal policy lowers living wage for first time despite rising costs
(Vancouver) A report released today finds that the wage needed to cover the costs of raising a family in Metro Vancouver is $20.64 per hour.…
Working for a Living Wage 2016
Making Paid Work Meet Basic Family Needs in Metro Vancouver Download 1.57 MB8 pages Please note: The updated 2019 Living Wage report is now available. Attachments Living Wage…
Hamilton city by-election puts living wage policy in the spotlight
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Living wages make communities more resilient
“We accept a minimum wage so low that even if you’re working full time, you are among the working poor. That’s a category that we…
The Living Wage Movement: Responding to the Low-Wage Economy
York University Global Labour Research Centre With the relentless spread of precarious low-wage work and the challenges faced in expanding the scope of unionization, workers…
Making History: Cambridge opens the door to a living wage
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Lessons on the living wage, from Waterloo Region
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