Media Advisory: Communities Rally to Raise Wages, Put More Food on the Table This Thanksgiving
(firmenpresse) - TORONTO, ONTARIO -- (Marketwired) -- 10/09/13 -- This Thanksgiving, communities all across Ontario are coming together to demand a $14 minimum wage to support low-income workers putting food on the table.
"Too many low-wage workers will be relying on food banks for their Thanksgiving dinner," said Christy Knockleby with the Sudbury Coalition Against Poverty. "When we think about Thanksgiving, we think about food, but we don't always think about who makes our food possible. All along the food chain there are people in low wage jobs, from farm workers to fast food workers.
The Campaign to Raise the Minimum Wage is calling on the Premier Kathleen Wynne and the Liberal government to implement a $14 minimum wage for all workers - including farm workers who are presently exempted from the minimum wage and other protections under the Employment Standards Act.
"We put food on Ontario tables, but Ontario's laws unjustly exempt farm workers from minimum wage, overtime and holiday pay," explains Gilberto, a migrant farm worker who has worked in the Leamington area. "All workers should be entitled to a minimum wage that brings us out of poverty and all employers should have to provide these basic benefits that other workers are entitled to."
"The fact the minimum wage has been frozen at $10.25 for three years has created hardship for low-income workers," said Ian Stumpf of Poverty Makes us Sick in Kitchener. "This weekend, we're breaking bread together - but we're also demanding change."
For more information on the campaign, visit:
Follow the campaign Twitter account (at)fairwagesnow and hashtag #14now
The following actions will be taking place in communities across the province:
The Campaign to Raise the Minimum Wage is coordinated by ACORN, Freedom 90, Mennonite New Life Centre, OCAP, Ontario Campaign 2000, Parkdale Community Legal Services, Put Food in the Budget, Social Planning Toronto, Toronto and York Region Labour Council and Workers' Action Centre.
Contacts:
Sonia Singh
(647) 235-6912 or (416) 531-0778, ext. 221
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