tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9311998.post116778961352622612..comments2024-03-27T07:47:11.168-07:00Comments on LA REVUE GAUCHE - Left Comment: Minimum Wage ReduxEUGENE PLAWIUKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11736971647879996375noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9311998.post-1167821530495819782007-01-03T02:52:00.000-08:002007-01-03T02:52:00.000-08:00And the irony here is that Stats Canada uses a $10...And the irony here is that Stats Canada uses a $10 an hour wage rate which is NOT a minimum wage in any province in Canada nor is it the Federal Minimum wage for its own employees.EUGENE PLAWIUKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11736971647879996375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9311998.post-1167795490078826552007-01-02T19:38:00.000-08:002007-01-02T19:38:00.000-08:00"JUST OVER 1.3 million full-time employees aged 16...<EM>"JUST OVER 1.3 million full-time employees aged 16 to 64 held low wage jobs (less than $10 dollars per hour) in 2004, representing one in every seven, or about 14% of all full-time employees.</EM><BR/><BR/>And in some places, it is much higher. A report came out early last year stating that a whopping 60% of jobs here in Sudbury, Ontario, earn less than $10/hr. I haven't seen the detailed breakdown, but it seems that, in this town at least, you are a nickel miner, a professional, or poor.Scott Neighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17415106335668233754noreply@blogger.com