工资涨到$20 6月3日集会抗议多伦多天价生活成本

最低工资要涨到$20！6月3日集会抗议多伦多天价生活成本

2023年05月15日  加国无忧 51.CA 作者：谈海

 

如果你发现在多伦多几乎不可能过日子，那么你肯定不是唯一一个这样想的。考虑到多伦多市内和周边地区的生活成本已经变得如此高昂，房租、杂货、水电费、外出和其他一切的价格都已经达到了很多人无法承受的高度，现在人们正计划举行大规模示威来表达他们的担忧。

 

由当地工人正义组织发起的抗议活动6月3日中午将在多伦多的市政厅广场和安省各地同时举行，抗议安省的生活负担不起，并争取更好的工资、公共服务等，希望传达福特政府辜负了其选民的信息。

集会和游行的海报上写道：担心房租、工资、医疗保健、杂货？加入我们吧。并指出最低工资20元的最终目标加上全面加薪、租金控制和良好的公共住房、负担得起的基本必需品，如食品和天然气，以及对大公司的更高税收。

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安省Brampton, Hamilton, Niagara, Ottawa和其他十几个社区的活动计划在同一天举行，安省护士协会等其他工人团体也表示支持。

根据社交媒体上的反应，似乎有数百人会参加。

工人正义组织还在抗议之前举办了一系列宣传会议，包括周一晚上与安省劳工联合会举行的关于通货膨胀的研讨会。

该组织在其网站上声明，无论是取消带薪病假和切断没有保险的人获得医疗的机会，还是在削减教育经费的同时打开营利性医疗保健的大门，很明显这个政府不是在为工人工作——它是在为企业工作。

大流行病证明了我们已经知道的事情——工人需要体面的工资、体面的工作时间、带薪病假、同工同酬以及保护我们所有人的劳动法。

虽然通货膨胀率终于放缓，但价格仍在上涨——尤其是食品——而且居民发现自己无法从过去一年半商品和服务成本飙升的创纪录速度中恢复过来。

 

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.