Minimum wage in B.C. goes up 50 cents today

Today the minimum wage in B.C. will climb 50 cents to $11.35 an hour.

The new NDP government announced in August that they would carry through with the wage increase promised by the previous Liberal government.

Liquor servers will also have a higher wage at $10.10 an hour.

B.C. now has the third-highest minimum wage in Canada.

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But the wage increase will be met today by protesters who say the province needs to increase the wage even higher to $15 an hour.

The ‘Fight for 15‘ campaign, organized by the B.C. Federation of Labour, will take place at the Commercial Broadway SkyTrain station.

This campaign has been held many times over the past few years by protesters who say the government’s promise to increase minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2021 isn’t soon enough.

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