Manitoba is set to have the lowest minimum wage in Canada this fall.
Saskatchewan has announced it will raise its minimum to $13 an hour in October, and to $15 an hour two years later.
Manitoba raises its wage according to inflation, and has said it will increase in October to $12.35 an hour from $11.95.
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The Manitoba Federation of Labour says having the lowest minimum wage in Canada will be embarrassing and leave many workers in poverty.
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“Working families are concerned about rising costs at the grocery store and the gas pumps, and these increased costs hit low-wage workers particularly hard,” said federation president Kevin Rebeck in a release.
“We think Manitoba workers are worth more than dead-last in the country.”
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