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#livingwage

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John

#Arbutus Club #strike: club receives tens of thousands of dollars in initiation fees from city's wealthiest, while employee #wages fall far behind #inflation and #CostOfLiving in Metro #Vancouver

unifor.org/news/all-news/strik

Unifor · Strike begins at Arbutus ClubVANCOUVER—More than 200 unionized workers at Vancouver’s exclusive Arbutus Club have begun job action for fair wages.“The affordability crisis is front and centre with this labour dispute,” said Unifor National President Lana Payne. “The Arbutus Club caters to the city's wealthiest clientele. Surely it can afford to pay the employees a decent, liveable wage.”  The club, which charges tens of thousands of dollars in initiation fees, includes high-profile elites such as Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim and Vancouver Canucks owner Francesco Aquilini.
#Canada#strikes#Unifor
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John

#Billionaires buy politicians to write rules for themselves, to dodge #taxes, exploit workers, fuel division, pollute our #environment and destroy #PublicServices – all while raking in obscene profits.

ituc-csi.org/May-Day-2025-en

www.ituc-csi.orgMay Day 2025: Take back democracy from the billionaire coup This May Day 2025, the global trade union movement is taking this message to the streets: There is an alternative to the billionaire vision of the world. As inequality deepens and democracy is undermined by a tiny elite, working people are rising up with a bold, hopeful plan for a just future – a vision built on solidarity, dignity and democracy that delivers. On May 1, trade unions will mobilise to take their demands to their governments. One week later, the ITUC will elevate these (…)
#exploitation#union#unions
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☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻

Day four: 🍻🍺 vs 🎓💰

While some issues are being discussed, one isnt HECS DEBT. We can talk about having a beer with the Prime ministerial candidates but not EDUCATION costs and spiralling debt.

While we’re at it. UNEMPLOYED? Has the living allowance been raised? At all, does it match inflation? Is it below the poverty line?

#PubTest / #PrimeMinister / #HexDebt / #HECSDebt / #HECS / #University / #Unemployed / #PovertyLine / #LivingWage / #LukasCoch / AAP <theguardian.com/australia-news>

Do you want to have a drink with? … who bloody cares, there’s real problems being swept under the carpet. source https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/commentisfree/2025/apr/01/from-babysitting-to-keeping-a-secret-the-pm-is-preferred-but-it-is-the-literal-pub-test-where-albo-stands-out
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William Canna-bass

@Brad_Rosenheim Lady, have you tried paying a #LivingWage ?
My guess is that you aren't.
"The American worker doesn’t like labor, they don’t like to do laborious jobs,” Carlson said. “They don’t want to do the hard labor, and that’s what’s frustrating, because we would love to hire U.S. workers, but we can’t get them to show up. We can’t get them to follow through. We can’t get them to finish the season.”

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William Canna-bass

@johnzajac TBF, #Elon88Musk is #Literally firing federal workers by the thousands. This statement is true.

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To your larger point, no Immigrants don't take jobs away from people, it is really the corporations and business owners who fail to pay a #LivingWage and have #HazardousConditions that result in say, undocumented teenagers working the night shift at a Meat packing plant and being injured or Fatally mangled.

apnews.com/article/illegal-chi

AP News · US company accused of illegally hiring children to clean meat processing plantsBy HANNAH FINGERHUT
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Peter Riley

The #LivingWage means thriving, not just surviving on #minimumWage
The 2024/25 Living Wage rate is $27.80.

Living Wage Movement #Aotearoa coalition of faith groups, community organizations and unions since 2012.
livingwage.org.nz/

Hear Union Organizer & author Lyndy McIntyre who documented the struggle
3cr.org.au/sticktogether/episo

(Book) Power To Win
otago.ac.nz/press/books/power-

#LaborMovement#Organize#Solidarity
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Strypey

"Minister for Economic Growth Nicola Willis wants to axe one third of 71 rules which include paying the Living Wage in contracts for cleaning, catering and security guard services."

rnz.co.nz/news/national/544637

This tells you exactly what the NatACTs mean by "economic growth"; taking money from the pockets of workers - even during a cost of living crisis - and moving that money into the pockets of business owners. Then pretending they "created" it.

RNZ · Cleaner hits out at Willis' plan to scrap Living Wage for new contractsBy Morningreport
#EconomicGrowth#LivingWage
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Green Party NI

Ards and North Down Borough Council is now a Real Living Wage Employer, thanks to Green Party councillors Barry McKee and Lauren Kendall. This milestone ensures fair wages and financial security for workers, setting a crucial example in a region with high low-pay rates. The Greens have delivered tangible results, following their earlier success in Belfast City Council. 🌱
#LivingWage

Councillors Lauren Kendall & Barry McKee standing outdoors in a wooded area, smiling and holding a large sign that reads "We are a Living Wage Employer" in blue, white, and multicoloured circles. The sign promotes the real Living Wage campaign. Overlay text reads: "GREENS DELIVER REAL LIVING WAGE," and the Green Party Northern Ireland logo is displayed at the bottom.
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Miss Gayle

Sub-living wage jobs should be illegal.

All jobs should come in fixed blocks of either 20 hours or 40 hours per week, chosen by the employee.

Cities, Counties, and States should send a bill each month to every corporation for ever dime of means-tested benefits and services provided to their employees (w/out naming them, of course).

Article: sherwood.news/personal-finance

Multiple jobholder rates are the highest they’ve been since the Great Recession 5.4% of American adults were juggling more than one job last month — the highest share in 15+ years. Hyunsoo Rim, 3/10/25 For more and more US adults in the current economy, it seems like just one job is no longer enough. According to Friday’s job report, the number of multiple jobholders in the US surged to a record 8.9 million in February, the highest figure since data tracking began in 1994. That’s 5.4% of all employed workers — a level last seen in April 2009.
#Employment#Economy#LivingWage
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Jasmine Mangalaseril 🧁
My final post in this series!

Day 30 of 30 Days of Local Food: @oddduckwandp

I started this list with a favourite and I’m ending with another favourite. I met Jon Rennie a few years ago when he was in a restaurant kitchen, and then he turned up at my then-butcher’s counter. He told me of his plans to open a restaurant with his best friend, Wes Klassen. What they proposed seemed so different to what we have here. Sure, lots of places do local, seasonal, but theirs is about what’s at the peak of readiness, bringing in disparate influences. The bar program also focuses on small producers we may not have heard of (and I’ll say their sober cocktails are fantastic). It’s a respectful workplace where servers don’t have to put up with *those* behaviours, *those* words to work for a tip. Good people. Doing good things. Creating food that’s well above good.



Odd Duck Wine + Provisions: 93 Ontario Street South, Kitchener #BuyLocal #Canada #SMB #WaterlooRegion #WellingtonCounty #GuelphFoodies #Waterloofoodies #kitchenerfoodies #CambridgeFoodies #KitchenerWaterlooFoodies #Restaurants #LivingWage #ExploreWaterlooRegion #Food #Mastonom
My most favourite dish of theirs (so far), from when they opened: Asparagus done many ways.
#mastonom
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