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Ottawa Living Wage
| Come out and hear about the campaign for a living wage policy in Ottawa. | ||
| Special guests to include:
This election, Ottawa ACORN members want to be sure we elect a city council with a majority of Councillors in support a living wage policy. RSVP AT: http://livingwages.eventbrite.com/ | ||
| When | September 22nd, 2010 6:00 PM through 8:00 PM | |
| Location | Ottawa City Hall 110 Laurier Avenue West Ottawa, ON K1P 1J1 Canada | |
Over the past few months thousands of Canadians have taken action to support Ottawa ACORN members working to win Canada's first living wage bylaw.
These actions have taken different forms; some supporters have sent letters and emails to city council, others have made donations, and others still have braved cold weather to attend rallies and committee meetings.
Today this campaign cleared its latest hurdle when the Community Protective Services Committee of the City of Ottawa passed the draft Poverty Reduction Plan (including a Living Wage provision as a component of the plan).
Ottawa ACORN members have been taking to the streets and lobbying their local councilors in support of the bylaw and have plans to continue their efforts through the municipal election until it comes to a final vote.
Up next, the draft poverty reduction plan will be voted on by full council on February 10th.
We’ve passed the first hurdle towards a living wage bylaw in the City of Ottawa by winning the first vote directing City staff to investigate possible Living Wage options.
Now comes the hard part.
Over the coming months City staff will investigate different types of living wage bylaws before presenting proposals to Ottawa City Council for a vote. We need to make sure we have the votes necessary on Council to pass the most progressive of the options that staff will present.
ACORN Members are taking to the streets to lobby their councilors; can you send a quick message in support of their grassroots efforts? Just Click Here to Take Action
The first major vote by Ottawa City Council is happening at the Community and Protective Services Committee this coming Monday.
Winning this vote is essential to keeping the campaign on track.
To help build momentum to win this vote, and all the votes to follow we're launching a new website - ottawalivingwage.ca - that will help keep the pressure up on Councilors to ensure they vote to support Living Wages.
Can you spend 3 minutes and send a message to the Councilors on the Community and Protective Services Committee and urge them to support the Living Wage related motion coming up for vote on June 1st? Just click here or follow the link below.
http://www.ottawalivingwage.ca/ >>
p.s we're going to be using ottawalivingwage.ca to keep up the pressure as City Councilors vote at the various committees' so check back often!
ACORN Canada is launching a living wage campaign in Ottawa.
According to the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA), 19.2%, or almost 1 in 5, Canadian workers earn less than $10 an hour.
While raising the minimum wage is essential to restoring the country’s wage floor, it is a solution that Canada’s provinces have failed to adequately deliver on.
In the meantime, we believe another model of wage campaign – the living wage – has the potential to result in momentum-building policy victories and provides a great opportunity to change the public debate about poverty in our country.
