Health-care employees in Hamilton want the Ford government to give all front-line workers, including maintenance, clerical and lab staff, the 'pandemic pay' raise.

"If working-class people are gathered outside here today with flags and noisemakers and protesting this, how can your government say it's for the people?" said one protester.

"When a minimum wage goes up, you shouldn’t be better off beforehand, you should be better off after.”