[BC Labour E-News] FW: BC Minimum Wage Victory Email

[John Weir]

From: Jason Mann 
Sent: Friday, March 18, 2011 5:17 PM
To: John Weir
Subject: FW: BC Minimum Wage Victory Email

 

Hi John,

Here is the revised copy

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Subject: BC Minimum Wage Victory
From:   Jim Sinclair - BC Federation of Labour  (but email from
bcfed at bcfed.ca)

 

I'm writing you to thank you for being part of the campaign to raise
BC's minimum wage. 

 

We know the credit for this victory doesn't go to Christy Clark -it goes
to the thousands of people like you who were involved in the minimum
wage campaign which shamed the BC Liberals to acting.


Finally after 10 years the Liberals see they got it wrong on the
training wage

 

- but they've got it wrong again with the new tip wage 

 

Workers who earn tips are routinely asked to pay for breakage, "dine and
dash," or forced to share tips with management. 

 

It is a system open to abuse - the minimum wage should be the minimum
wage.

 

That's why the Federation helped form the Employee Action & Rights
Network <http://www.earnbc.ca/?minwage>  to make work better and protect
the rights of workers.

 

I'm inviting you to join the EARN network
<http://www.earnbc.ca/?minwage>  to learn about your rights at work and
find out what you can do if you are not being treated fairly.

 


Jim Sinclair, President
B.C. Federation of Labour 

 

Ps. If you want to continue to be connected with the BC Federation of
Labour by email please reply "YES" to this message and we will add your
name to the email list.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Will your pay go up with the minimum wage increase?

Tell us your story <http://www.earnbc.ca/?page_id=310> 

 

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