Even with the June 1 minimum wage increase, one in three BC employees will earn less than their community’s living wage—over 740,000 people.
Far too many BC workers are trapped in the low wage gap, earning less than it costs to live in the province. Over 400,000 people earn less than $20 per hour, less than the lowest living wage calculated in any community.
Our analysis reveals large wage inequalities based on gender and race in BC’s labour market. Shockingly, half of the racialized women working in Metro Vancouver earn less than the region’s living wage.
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About the author
Iglika Ivanova is a Senior Economist and the Public Interest Researcher at the CCPA’s BC Office. She researches and writes on key social and economic challenges facing BC and Canada, including poverty, economic insecurity and labour market shifts towards more precarious work. Iglika is Co-Director of the Understanding Precarity in BC Project (UP-BC). Iglika also investigates issues of government finance, tax policy and privatization and how they relate to the accessibility and quality of public services. She is particularly interested in the potential for public policy to build a more just, inclusive and sustainable economy. Follow Iglika on Twitter
