I think that the farming community is preventing the BC government from raising the minimun wage to $14 or $15 per hour. Farmers say they can't afford the raise. Look, I work for farmers. The people I work for are billionaires. They can afford to pay $15 but they are money-grabbers to say the least. I say keep the minimum wage low for hobby farmers that make less than $100.000 per year. But, rich farmers should stop treating people like slaves. They should pay $15 per hour. They can afford it. Just look at the multi-million dollar new barns they are building. Not to mention, most fruit farmers make over a million dollars each year. Its just not right and the goverment should do something about it.
Patty - 8 years ago
Yes it should be raised! To the morons who tell us to get a second job or move ... let me tell you something! I have a BA in Visual Arts ... I am working for Walmart. I have had 2 jobs all of my life to raise my son and than to raise my Granddaugher. I am 60, educated and getting tired to have to work 2 jobs to support the people who chose to collect welfare. All I want to do on one job is to pay my rent and bills. I don't think that is a lot to ask for.
Norman Alexander - 9 years ago
All the cool little shops and restaurants you hold dear will be gone. This argument as most these says has become about the wrong overall outcome. We all agree the low and middle class deserve what they work for so let's raise the bar and talk about what's providing this delema and sort that out first. We can't keep arguing about the state we have been guided into amongst each other. We need to agree on that and change how we as a nation arrived here.
Yes, I believe it should be raised in order to keep it inline with the cost of living. Having it @ $15/hr is just sitting above the poverty line ??? What are they waiting for...That's crazy!!...However the smaller companies may not be able to absorb this expense all at once. Possibly have the increases done in increments within a short time period??....Definitely needs to be raised though...
Tyler - 9 years ago
If my wage that I went to school for also gets raised then sure
Alex - 9 years ago
What needs to be changed is how companies can cap your hourly/salary pay. I work with a guy who's been with the company 10 years, I've been working there for a little over 2 months and I just got a raise to the same amount as him.
Jay - 9 years ago
Minimum wage should be tied to inflation. While $10.25 may be too low, $15 is waaaay to high for minimum wage. It will be very difficult for some small businesses (the ones that actually give these people jobs you know) to cope with this increase.
If your cost of living exceeds your income either...
A) get a different job
B) get a second job
C) work more hours
D) cut back on your expenses
E) move somewhere where you are able to find a job that can provide for your standard of living
themammawholovestocook - 9 years ago
It should be that at the least, BC is one of the most expensive places to live, and not by our choice of people that where actually born here! The cost of living has increased so much due to overseas money, people that where brought up here can barely makes ends meat. This would help reduce some poverty and aid in making sure the child poverty level would reduce.
Rakesh - 9 years ago
There shouldn't be any minimum wage. The Free Market should decide what work is worth, not an artificial government regulation.
jennyfer - 9 years ago
i agree $15 minimum wage is more practical since the living cost in this province is very high
Tanya - 9 years ago
I agree ^
Scott - 9 years ago
Perhaps The B.C. Federation of Labour should start a campaign to stop the rash of labour pimpery being committed in BC in the health care, labour and other sectors.. Outfits like Labour Ready, acting as agents taking up to 60% off the back of the labourer.. Not that this type of business shouldn't exist but there should regulations as to how high a pimping percentage they can take...
Company's are willing to pay $27/hr for labour but the worker ends up with less than half .
This should be looked at....
I think that the farming community is preventing the BC government from raising the minimun wage to $14 or $15 per hour. Farmers say they can't afford the raise. Look, I work for farmers. The people I work for are billionaires. They can afford to pay $15 but they are money-grabbers to say the least. I say keep the minimum wage low for hobby farmers that make less than $100.000 per year. But, rich farmers should stop treating people like slaves. They should pay $15 per hour. They can afford it. Just look at the multi-million dollar new barns they are building. Not to mention, most fruit farmers make over a million dollars each year. Its just not right and the goverment should do something about it.
Yes it should be raised! To the morons who tell us to get a second job or move ... let me tell you something! I have a BA in Visual Arts ... I am working for Walmart. I have had 2 jobs all of my life to raise my son and than to raise my Granddaugher. I am 60, educated and getting tired to have to work 2 jobs to support the people who chose to collect welfare. All I want to do on one job is to pay my rent and bills. I don't think that is a lot to ask for.
All the cool little shops and restaurants you hold dear will be gone. This argument as most these says has become about the wrong overall outcome. We all agree the low and middle class deserve what they work for so let's raise the bar and talk about what's providing this delema and sort that out first. We can't keep arguing about the state we have been guided into amongst each other. We need to agree on that and change how we as a nation arrived here.
Being an employer in the café industry increasing the minimum wage would be fatal for a lot of businesses like ourselves. I understand as cost of living goes up it does get harder to get by . With businesses like ourselves we depend on students that are entering the workforce for the first time. 15 per hour is too much money for that 14 or 15 year old person that has never had a job before . Younger people a lot of the time do not have the work ethic because of lack of experience or maturity level. Unless the government comes up with an age scale of minimum wage you will see a huge amount of students out of work and a lot of small independent businesses closing and lack of new ones opening up.
Yes, I believe it should be raised in order to keep it inline with the cost of living. Having it @ $15/hr is just sitting above the poverty line ??? What are they waiting for...That's crazy!!...However the smaller companies may not be able to absorb this expense all at once. Possibly have the increases done in increments within a short time period??....Definitely needs to be raised though...
If my wage that I went to school for also gets raised then sure
What needs to be changed is how companies can cap your hourly/salary pay. I work with a guy who's been with the company 10 years, I've been working there for a little over 2 months and I just got a raise to the same amount as him.
Minimum wage should be tied to inflation. While $10.25 may be too low, $15 is waaaay to high for minimum wage. It will be very difficult for some small businesses (the ones that actually give these people jobs you know) to cope with this increase.
If your cost of living exceeds your income either...
A) get a different job
B) get a second job
C) work more hours
D) cut back on your expenses
E) move somewhere where you are able to find a job that can provide for your standard of living
It should be that at the least, BC is one of the most expensive places to live, and not by our choice of people that where actually born here! The cost of living has increased so much due to overseas money, people that where brought up here can barely makes ends meat. This would help reduce some poverty and aid in making sure the child poverty level would reduce.
There shouldn't be any minimum wage. The Free Market should decide what work is worth, not an artificial government regulation.
i agree $15 minimum wage is more practical since the living cost in this province is very high
I agree ^
Perhaps The B.C. Federation of Labour should start a campaign to stop the rash of labour pimpery being committed in BC in the health care, labour and other sectors.. Outfits like Labour Ready, acting as agents taking up to 60% off the back of the labourer.. Not that this type of business shouldn't exist but there should regulations as to how high a pimping percentage they can take...
Company's are willing to pay $27/hr for labour but the worker ends up with less than half .
This should be looked at....
Let's see Christy live on 10.25 hr...