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Jasco Increases Minimum Hourly Wage to $15 Per Hour
August 19, 2019 09:24 ET | Jasco
OKLAHOMA CITY, Aug. 19, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Jasco, a leader in lighting fixtures, lighting controls, power products and consumer electronics, is pleased to announce an increase to its minimum...
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Minimum Wage Increase May Adversely Impact Restaurant Employers
July 10, 2019 13:36 ET | Cooper Levenson, Attorneys at Law
Atlantic City, N.J., July 10, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Your company has likely received numerous e-mails and notifications to remind you that, effective July 1, 2019, the minimum wage in New Jersey...
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International experience shows youth wages kill jobs for older workers
May 29, 2019 14:36 ET | Alberta Federation of Labour
EDMONTON, Alberta, May 29, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Why would the government, in this day and age, go backwards to a youth minimum wage, something that was actually phased out in the 1990s because...
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More than a third of Alberta’s restaurants are considering closing their doors
March 25, 2019 10:31 ET | Restaurants Canada
EDMONTON, AB, March 25, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- More than a third of Alberta’s foodservice businesses might close their doors if the realities of running a restaurant in the province don’t improve,...
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NDP policies allow Alberta to halve child poverty rates even during a recession
February 26, 2019 17:26 ET | Alberta Federation of Labour
EDMONTON, Alberta, Feb. 26, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Alberta Federation of Labour applauds the current NDP government for cutting the poverty rate for persons under 18 years old in half in just...
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Big Surprise! Restaurants Canada is back again with another campaign opposing Alberta’s minimum wage and workplace reforms
February 12, 2019 11:38 ET | Alberta Federation of Labour
EDMONTON, Alberta, Feb. 12, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Predictably, Restaurants Canada is launching a third-party election campaign this morning which includes proposing rollbacks to minimum wage...
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Labour activists and community members to attend committee hearings on Bill 47 in defense of workers’ rights, says Ontario Federation of Labour
November 14, 2018 16:42 ET | Ontario Federation of Labour
TORONTO, Nov. 14, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Labour and community activists will fill the committee rooms at Queen’s Park tomorrow, as the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs hears...
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The Big Boys Are Cheering
October 24, 2018 13:03 ET | Toronto & York Region Labour Council
Labour Council condemns Ontario Government’s Bill 47 as doorway to worker abuse TORONTO, Oct. 24, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Bill 47 - an Act to amend the Employment Standards Act, the Labour...
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Emergency actions to be held across Ontario, in protest of Doug Ford’s attack on decent work laws
October 24, 2018 10:30 ET | Ontario Federation of Labour
TORONTO, Oct. 24, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In response to Ford Government’s Bill 47, which was tabled yesterday and seeks to freeze the minimum wage and repeal the most basic protections for...
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Ford government’s “Open for Business Act” shuts down fairness for Ontario working families, says UFCW Canada national president
October 23, 2018 19:42 ET | UFCW Canada
TORONTO, Oct. 23, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The plan by the Ontario Ford Conservative government to repeal recent workplace gains for millions of Ontario workers, “will harm vulnerable workers and be...