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CUPE 409 successfully lobbies for Living Wage in New Westminster

CUPE 409 successfully lobbies for Living Wage in New Westminster

NEW WESTMINSTERโ€”After several years of lobbying SD 40, CUPE 409 is pleased that the district adoptedยญยญยญยญ the Living Wage policy on November 24.ย 

โ€œThis is great news,โ€ said CUPE 409 President Marcel Marsolais. โ€œWe want to make sure that people are paid appropriately. This is another example of unions benefitting all workers.โ€

Marsolais praised CUPE 409 Labour Management representatives and members for endorsing the New Westminster and District Labour Council living wage initiative.

โ€œThanks also to our CUPE Labour-endorsed board of education trustees, for supporting a living wage policy in New West schools,โ€ said Marsolais.

ยญยญLiving wage employers raise the bar for wages beyond minimum wage. The living wage initiative is supported by unions to ensure that workers who provide contracted services funded with public sector funds are paid a living wage.ย The current living wage rate for Metro Vancouver is $19.50 per hour, assuming the employer provides no benefits.ย ย ย 

The SD40 living wage policy will be implemented in April 2021. SD40 is the first school district in B.C. to adopt the Living Wage policy. Theย City of New Westminster became a โ€œLiving Wage Employerโ€ in January 2011, a Canadian first.

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