The Old Port of Montreal workers’ union continue their fight to increase minimum wage in Quebec.
Konrad Lamour argued $15 an hour would allow people to live comfortable.
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“The $15 an hour symbol is used to allow those who do not have access to a decent living wage to have that number that they can strive for,” Lamour said.
The fight has also garnered attention from Manon Massé, MNA for Sainte-Marie-Saint-Jacques, who attended Thursday’s event.
“When you work 40 hours a week, you don’t have enough money to survive,” Massé said.
Thursday marked the first of three days of petitioning for an increase in minimum wage.
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Employees of the Old Port of Montreal have been striking since May.
“It’s not easy for people to live at $10.75, where at the end of the day you’re making $22,000 [or] $23,000 a year,” Lamour said.
“Think of the fact that people are single moms, single fathers, that have to raise a family with such a low wage.”