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BC'S FIGHT FOR $15 CAN'T WAIT
By Daniel Tseghay and Derrick O'Keefe
Jes Alford, of Sooke B.C., works at a grocery store and cares enough about her job that she often comes in early. But to supplement her minimum wage income she collects bottles and cans on the weekends, visits food banks, and usually only eats one meal a day. Earning a part-time wage with kids and a husband living with a disability, Alford’s income of about $400 a week isn’t nearly enough.
Alford is just one of around 120,000 other British Columbians earning the minimum wage of $11.35. Many are below the poverty line even if they work full-time – especially if they have dependents. Read more!
$15 AND THE BC FAIR WAGES COMMISSION: AN INTERVIEW WITH IRENE LANZINGER
By Daniel Tseghay
The Government of BC is currently hearing from individuals and businesses across the province regarding timelines for increasing the minimum wage to $15/h; what to do with the minimum wage rates for farm workers, liquor servers, live-in caregivers, resident caretakers, and live-in camp leaders, which are currently lower than the general minimum wage of $11.35; and how to square the minimum with the living wage for various parts of the province.
Rankandfile.ca spoke with Irene Lanzinger, the president of the B.C. Federation of Labour. Read more!
ALBERTA'S BILL 30 AND THE RIGHT TO REFUSE
By Bob Barnetson
Last week, Alberta’s government introduced Bill 30 (An Act to Protect the Health and Well-being of Working Albertans). This legislation replaces the existing Occupational Health and Safety Act as well as amended the Workers’ Compensation Act.
As the changes in Bill 30 are significant, I’ll be making a series of posts over the next week about different aspects of Bill 30.
Today I’m going to examine the right to refuse. Under the current OHS Act, Alberta workers have an obligation to refuse unsafe work if it poses imminent danger to the worker or endanger another worker. Read more!
CONFRONTING ZERO TOLERANCE
By Robert M. Schwartz
Bosses are in love with zero tolerance policies. One arbitrator calls them “the last refuge of weak managers.”
Zero tolerance policies authorize employers to discharge workers who commit specified infractions without consideration of the surrounding circumstances, length of service, or the employee’s lack of prior discipline.
Unfair punishment
Zero tolerance policies often lead to grossly unfair punishments.
An employee is dismissed for fighting because she grabs the hand of a co-worker who strikes her without reason. Read more!
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