Manitoba announced plans on Thursday to raise theminimum wageto $15 using a phased approach, though some Manitobas are doing well. I didn't go.
It doesn't help that the state's minimum wage is her second lowest in the country.
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The National Food and Commercial Workers Union, which represents more than 19,000 Manitoba workers, is calling for a minimum wage increase to $16.15 an hour, said UFCW president Jeff Traeger.
"The cost of living is expected to continue to rise, so we need forward-thinking governments that deal with inflation in a proactive way, not just for businesses, but for residents," Treger said Friday. said in a statement.
"Workers and their families are struggling to make ends meet, and it is not enough to tell them there is a pay increase in six months."
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John McCallum of the Asper School of Business at the University of Manitoba said in an interview with 680 CJOB that inflation is a national problem that states cannot solve alone.
"The main ways to deal with it are monetary policy, rising interest rates and slowing money supply growth. And federal budget spending has a huge impact on price levels," McCollum said. said.
They are all doing their best to get the workers they need while choosing a minimum wage that doesn't impact their business too much."
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Some companies say they struggle to meet wage requirements, but business The owner, Anthony Kowalszyk, said he was able to accommodate. Higher wages with some price adjustments.
"As a business, it was a decision the four of us of him made to make sure we didn't make use of any bodies," Kowalczyk said.
The move he and his business partners at the Good Will Social Club made to pay staff a minimum of $16 an hour was a no-brainer, he said.
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