In New York City in 2012, a campaign to raise the minimum wage to $15 began in the service industry and spread to other industries and locales from there. After fast-food workers, the campaign expanded to include food cashiers and cooks, retail employees, child-care workers, adjunct professors, home-care providers, and airport workers from across the United States.
This year, work stoppages and protests will take place in over 100 US cities to demand $15 an hour and the right to form a union without retaliation.
And now this movement has made it to Canada. Tomorrow (April 15), protests will take place country-wide in an effort to draw attention to the need for higher minimum wages and decent working conditions in Canadian workplaces.
The Fight for $15 Rally will be held on Friday, April 15 from noon – 1:00 pm on the front lawn of the University of Winnipeg (515 Portage Avenue). As part of the “Manitoba National Day of Action,”a march down Portage Avenue will follow.