Living Wage Campaign
“Because work should lift you out of poverty, not keep you there.”
Living Wage Campaign News!
Labour Day has different meaning for children living in poverty - This op-ed appeared in newspapers around the Lower Mainland, in recognition of Labour Day. Read the full column.Check out the HEU Labour Day ad.
Workers plead case at council
Lack of cleaning supplies and the deterioration of wages and working conditions are major problems for health-care support workers,
Hospital cleaners an essential part of health care - Letter to the editor
Hospital cleaners are an essential part of protecting patients and the public from the increasing rate of hospital superbugs, reported in last week's paper. Read more...
People deserve to have jobs that lift them out of poverty - Letter to the editor
Your editorial rightly points to the issue of more people working for less money as a reason for B.C.’s shocking decline in real wage rates, revealed in last week’s census report. Read more...
Living wage policies are needed to help immigrant workers achieve more equitable pay - Letter to the editor
Living wage policies are an important tool to address the shocking gap between the wages of new-immigrant and Canadian-born workers. Read more...
Campaign for living wages takes centre stage at bargaining conference
More than 100 HEU members employed by Aramark, Sodexo and Compass gathered in Burnaby for an historic bargaining conference. Read more...
Hospital contractors should pay family-supporting wages to cleaners and dietary workers – public poll
Nine out of 10 British Columbians think health authorities should make their corporate contractors pay living wages. Read more...
Learn more about the Living Wage Campaign.
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Take action and tell health authorities that all workers in their facilities deserve a living wage.
Campaign information sheets are available in English, Punjabi, or Chinese.
For more information or to get involved contact:
Olive Dempsey at 604-456-7084, 1-800-663-5813 or by email.
Priti Shah at 604-456-7012, 1-800-663-5813 or by email.
