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Calgary
now has a Universal Low Income Transit Pass program!
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Living Wage is the amount of income an individual or family requires to meet their basic needs, to maintain a safe, decent standard of living in their communities and to save for future needs and goals.
Vibrant Communities Calgary's Living Wage Action Team has determined that an individual working full time (35 hours per week, 52 weeks a year) needs to make a minimum of $12 per hour plus benefits (or $13.25 an hour in lieu of benefits) to earn a Living Wage.
This figure is based on the Statistics Canada 2007 before-tax Low Income Cut-Off (LICO) amount for an individual with no dependants.
Vibrant Communities Calgary believes that:
- people who work full time should not live in poverty
- hard work should be rewarded with adequate pay and benefits
- employers educated about the link between low wages, poverty and issues that impact their business or organization, will begin to see themselves as part of the solution
- paying a Living Wage is one important way to reduce poverty in our community
- providing health benefits and other progressive workplace practices (e.g. pensions, flexible hours, childcare etc.) are important ways to reduce poverty in our community
- Now is the time for Living Wage in Calgary!
Click here to view our Fact Sheet and learn more about the Living Wage Initiative (new window)
Low Wage Facts:
74,700 (13.3%) of employed Calgarians over the age of 15 earn less than $12 an hour
Women are disproportionately represented among these low wage earners, with 46,600 earning less than $12.00 an hour
Not all low wage earners are teenagers; 39,000 Calgarians over the age of 25 are trying to support themselves on less than $12.00 per hour
26,300 of these adult workers over age 25 are women
Source: Statistics Canada, 2007
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