This filthy-rich CEO is unbelievable
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- Published on Sunday, 29 November -0001 16:00
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Loblaws billionaire CEO makes as much money in one day as cashiers who work for him make in an entire year -- and now he’s trying to block a proposal to pay them fairly. [1-2]
Sign here if you think it’s wrong for Loblaws to make billions in profits while refusing to pay their workers a fair wage.
Weston makes over $7.5 million a year off the backs of people who earn poverty wages in his stores. But at Loblaws’ annual shareholder meeting last week he rallied shareholders to vote down a proposal to pay the people who work for him enough to feed their families. [3-4]
Leadnow member Erin has started a petition calling on Loblaws to pay their employees a living wage. The story is already blowing up in the media, and a flood of signatures now could force Loblaws to reconsider the fair wage proposal.
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Minimum wage rates in some provinces are so low that people who work full-time jobs are living below the poverty line -- and many are forced to work multiple jobs just to make ends meet. [5]
Loblaws could drastically improve the lives of thousands of Canadians by paying them a fair wage -- and they’ve got the the money to do it. In the last three months of last year alone, they made $11 billion in profit. [6]
We need to blow the lid off this issue while it’s still in the news. If enough of us sign the petition, we can show Loblaws that their customers are furious. It’s the first step towards forcing them to pay the people who work for them enough to support their families.
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We know that when we come together to take on cashed-up corporations who are mistreating the people who work for them -- we can do some serious damage. When we took on Tim Hortons for making cruel cuts to their employees' benefits, their brand took a huge hit, and their stocks started to plummet. [7] Now, we need to turn up the heat on Loblaws.
https://you.leadnow.ca/petitions/give-your-workers-a-living-wage?source=LN3&bucket=LN3
We’re in this together,
Chloe and Jolan, on behalf of the Leadnow team
P.S. In case you haven't heard about it, Leadnow's petition site allows anyone to start an online petition and share it with friends, family and neighbours to build support for their cause. Click here if you want to check it out, or start your own petition: https://you.leadnow.ca/petition/new?source=blast
Sources:
[1]https://ca.indeed.com/cmp/Loblaw/jobs/Cashier-59274c43308a7674?vjs=3
[2-3]https://www.policyalternatives.ca/sites/default/files/uploads/publications/National%20Office/2018/01/Climbing%20Up%20and%20Kicking%20Down.pdf
[4]https://www.thestar.com/business/2018/05/03/loblaw-shareholders-reject-proposal-on-living-wage-for-employees.html
[5] http://www.livingwageforfamilies.ca/myths_and_facts
[6] https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/loblaw-reports-2017-fourth-quarter-and-fiscal-year-ended-december-30-2017-results1-674813803.html
[7]https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-tim-hortons-slides-from-top-10-in-brand-reputation-survey/?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=blast2018-04-09
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