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MEDIA RELEASE: S-CAP takes on the corporate lobbying that keeps minimum wage low

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S-CAP takes on the corporate lobbying that keeps minimum wage low

The income for a full-time minimum wage worker is nearly 20% below the poverty line. Advocates of raising the rate are preparing for another day of action on September 14th, and this month they are planning on directing their action against some of the corporations that have been lobbying to keep minimum wage. The Sudbury Coalition Against Poverty (S-CAP) will be visiting Toys R' Us at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, September 14th.

 
"Over half of minimum wage workers in Ontario are hired by companies with more than 100 employees. These are corporations that are making healthy profit margins and that put money into lobbying to make sure the minimum wage stays low," says S-CAP member Christy Knockleby.
 
The Retail Council of Canada (RCC) lobby group is chaired by Kevin Mcnab, president and representative of Toys R’ Us Canada Ltd., a corporation that made $239 million in profit in the fourth quarter last year. Yet the RCC fought for a minimum wage freeze during the last provincial election and is now calling for a lower minimum wage for inexperienced workers. The council's website claims that the province's new Minimum Wage Advisory Panel is a result of their lobbying and they have a representative on it.
With 1 in 7 kids in Ontario living in poverty, now is the time for action, not more panels and consultations. S-CAP calls on Toys R' Us Canada Ltd to show that they care about the community they serve by supporting a minimum wage that would help lift people out of poverty. S-CAP supports the advocates across Ontario who are calling a $14 minimum wage, but acknowledges that if minimum wage had kept up with inflation from the $1/hour it was first set at in Ontairo in 1965, then it would be $18.93/hour today.

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