MONCTON – The Common Front for Social Justice has launched a campaign urging the provincial government to boost its minimum wage legislation up to $15 per hour.
The campaign is called “Fight for $15 + Justice.”
Johanne Petitpas is the group’s co-chair and says people need more than $10.30 to afford a decent quality of life.
“If they’re not making enough money they can’t pay their bills and they can’t buy good food,” she said.
According to numbers from the Retail Council of Canada, New Brunswick is among those provinces with the lowest minimum wage in the country.
The Common Front estimates there are nearly 21,000 workers paid minimum wage in the province.
The group wants people to sign slips of paper resembling cheques that they will present to provincial government at a later date.
People who earn minimum wage are supporting the campaign.
Linda Ayles says she enjoys her job in the service industry. But she says she deserves to make more money for her work.
“Minimum wage is not enough to pay my bills or whatever I have to do or buy Christmas stuff and groceries,” she said.
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