By Peter Miller,
Rebel Youth magazine
Rebel Youth magazine
The campaign to raise the minimum wage in Ontario is
building momentum. On November 14 minimum wage workers and community members
reached out to 50 MPPs demanding for them to sign on to the campaign.
Actions included protests outside of Premier Kathleen Wynn’s
office in Toronto and NDP leader Andrea Horwath’s office in Hamilton. Delegations
brought petition sheets, and large 5 billion dollar checks to represent the
amount of money that would boost the economy from an increase to the minimum
wage. There have been other events that show the campaign is picking up
momentum. On November 5, a large forum in Scarborough attracted 250 people who discussed
how to outreach and mobilize for the campaign.
