工資漲到$20 6月3日集會抗議多倫多天價生活成本

最低工資要漲到$20！6月3日集會抗議多倫多天價生活成本

2023年05月15日  加國無憂 51.CA 作者：談海

 

如果你發現在多倫多幾乎不可能過日子，那麽你肯定不是唯一一個這樣想的。考慮到多倫多市內和周邊地區的生活成本已經變得如此高昂，房租、雜貨、水電費、外出和其他一切的價格都已經達到了很多人無法承受的高度，現在人們正計劃舉行大規模示威來表達他們的擔憂。

 

由當地工人正義組織發起的抗議活動6月3日中午將在多倫多的市政廳廣場和安省各地同時舉行，抗議安省的生活負擔不起，並爭取更好的工資、公共服務等，希望傳達福特政府辜負了其選民的信息。

集會和遊行的海報上寫道：擔心房租、工資、醫療保健、雜貨？加入我們吧。並指出最低工資20元的最終目標加上全麵加薪、租金控製和良好的公共住房、負擔得起的基本必需品，如食品和天然氣，以及對大公司的更高稅收。

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安省Brampton, Hamilton, Niagara, Ottawa和其他十幾個社區的活動計劃在同一天舉行，安省護士協會等其他工人團體也表示支持。

根據社交媒體上的反應，似乎有數百人會參加。

工人正義組織還在抗議之前舉辦了一係列宣傳會議，包括周一晚上與安省勞工聯合會舉行的關於通貨膨脹的研討會。

該組織在其網站上聲明，無論是取消帶薪病假和切斷沒有保險的人獲得醫療的機會，還是在削減教育經費的同時打開營利性醫療保健的大門，很明顯這個政府不是在為工人工作——它是在為企業工作。

大流行病證明了我們已經知道的事情——工人需要體麵的工資、體麵的工作時間、帶薪病假、同工同酬以及保護我們所有人的勞動法。

雖然通貨膨脹率終於放緩，但價格仍在上漲——尤其是食品——而且居民發現自己無法從過去一年半商品和服務成本飆升的創紀錄速度中恢複過來。

 

People are now gathering to protest the sky-high cost of living in Toronto

https://www.blogto.com/city/2023/05/people-gathering-protest-high-cost-living-toronto/ 

Becky Robertson   2023年05月15日

If you're finding it pretty damn impossible to get by in Toronto given how exorbitant the cost of living in and around the city has become, you're certainly not alone.

The price of rent, groceries, utilities, going out and everything else has reached heights that are untenable for so many, and it's gotten to the point that people are now planning a mass demonstration to voice their concerns.

At noon on June 3, residents are gathering in Toronto's Nathan Phillips Square — and in locations across Ontario — to protest the unaffordability of living in the province and fight for better wages, public services and more.

The event, organized by local group Justice for Workers, hopes to send the message that the Ford government is failing its constituents, and that
"enough is enough."

"Worried about rent, wages, healthcare, groceries? Join us," a poster for the rally and march reads, noting ultimate goals of a $20 minimum wage plus wage increases across the board, rent control and good public housing, affordable basic necessities like food and gas, and higher taxation of large corporations.

Events in Brampton, Hamilton, Niagara, Ottawa and more than a dozen other communities are planned for the same day, and other workers' groups such as the Ontario Nurses' Association have expressed their support.

Based on the response on social media, it seems hundreds of people may be in attendance.

Justice for Workers has also been hosting a number of advocacy meetings leading up to the big day, including a workshop about inflation with the Ontario Federation of Labour, taking place Monday evening.

"Whether it's cancelling paid sick days and cutting off uninsured persons from accessing medical treatment, or whether it's cutting education funding while opening the door to for-profit health care, it's clear this government is not working for workers — it's working for corporations," the group states on its website.

"The pandemic is demonstrating what we already know - workers need decent wages, decent hours, paid sick days, equal pay, and labour laws that protect us all."

While the rate of inflation has finally slowed, prices are still on the rise — especially for food — and residents are finding themselves unable to recover from the record pace at which the cost of goods and services has surged over the last year and a half.