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The 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 to earn a Living Wage.
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What is the cost of living in Calgary?
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Click below to learn about the development of a Living Wage policy and what Calgary Council will be voting on.
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Agenda for April 9th SPC of Finance and Corporate Services Agenda
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Attachment 2 for April 9th SPC of Finance and Corporate Services Agenda
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Attachment 1 for April 9th SPC of Finance and Corporate Services Agenda
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The Caledon Institute report on Vibrant Communities Calgary and the living wage initiative.
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Living Wage and the City Document created to provide background on SEEPP, Living Wage and City of Calgary.
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The City of Calgary Community and Neighbourhood Services Social Research Unit reported on how VCC's work addresses priority actions defined by the City of Calgary, to create a caring Centre City.
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The Caledon Institute report on Vibrant Communities Calgary and civic engagement.
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The Caledon Institute report on Vibrant Communities Calgary and Fair Fares initiative
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Calgary’s existing labour pool is depleting, and many employers find themselves forced to raise wages to attract and retain staff. Many fast food restaurants, for example, now boast that they are offering starting salaries of $15 per hour to prospective employees. However, during the first six-months of 2007, nearly 75,000 Calgarians worked for less than $12 per hour. This begets the following questions: Why do some Calgarians continue to work for low wages when higher paying jobs are vacant? One hundred fifty low paying employers and 73 low-income employees were anonymously interviewed in an attempt to answer this question; the findings are reported in the "Low Wages in a Boom Town" report.
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VCC has collaborated with businesses and the Living Wage Action Team to produce Vibrant Workplaces: Creative strategies to attract and retain Calgary employees. This publication of ideas and solutions was developed to motivate and encourage Calgary businesses to create vibrant workplaces that benefit both employees and employers
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Calgary Transit provides a Low Income Transit Pass Program that enables low income Calgarians to access a monthly Transit pass at a reduced rate. Calgary Transit and Vibrant Communities Calgary surveyed passholders to assess benefits and outcomes of the Pass. Almost all respondents stated that the Pass was useful (99%) and their lives were better when they had the Pass (97%).
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74,700 (13.3%) of employed Calgarians over the age of 15 earn less than $12 an hour.
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Public transit is the primary means of transportation for many low-income Albertans, enabling them to participate in and contribute to their communities.
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The Living Wage initiative seeks to increase economic security for low-income individuals and families by increasing employment income. The fundamental principle underlying this initiative is the belief that Calgarians who work for a living should not live in poverty.
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Formerly known as the Calgary Committee for Discounted Transit Passes, Fair Fares began its work in 1999, and joined Vibrant Communities Calgary (VCC) in 2004.
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What is a Municipal Living Wage Policy? What is a Living Wage in Calgary? Isn’t The City of Calgary already paying a Living Wage? These questions and more...
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2006 was an exciting and productive year for Vibrant Communities Calgary (VCC). This Year-End Report
is an opportunity to share and celebrate our accomplishments with our partners.
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What is poverty?
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Employee benefits are especially important for low income workers who may be unable to afford the costs of basic health care and other important services...
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In Alberta, the economy is booming, the unemployment rate is low and employers, particularly those in the construction and hospitality sectors, are concerned about labour shortages and employee retention. The climate offers some support to the case for paying a living wage as part of an overall strategy to attract and retain workers.
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Dear Mayor Bronconnier:
On behalf of Vibrant Communities Calgary and the Fair Fares Action Team, we are writing to provide a community update on The City of Calgary’s Universal Low Income Transit Pass (ULITP) program.
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In April 2002, representatives from United Way of Calgary and Area (United Way) and Momentum, a community economic development organization, traveled to Guelph, Ontario, for the inaugural national Vibrant Communities face to face meeting. They returned to Calgary excited about embarking on a new way of bringing the community together to reduce poverty. The Boards of both organizations echoed this enthusiasm and an agreement to become co-convenors of Vibrant Communities in Calgary soon followed.
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VCC believes that systemic change often begins with one individual’s commitment, and that anyone has the capacity to be a leader and create change. Shared leadership is encouraged and VCC works to expand the number of people who are working to reduce poverty and improve quality of life for all.
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It has been exactly one year since Vibrant Communities Calgary (VCC) submitted its community plan for sustained poverty reduction to the national steering committee. VCC was honoured to become one of six Trail Builder communities on June 1, 2005. A great deal has been accomplished over the past year, and particularly the past six months. Our Year-End Report is an opportunity to share and celebrate these accomplishments with our supporters.
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Since 1999, members of Calgary’s disability community had been lobbying City Council and the provincial government to establish a low-income transit pass program.
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Vibrant Communities Calgary (VCC) became one of six Trail Builder communities on June 1, 2005. A great deal has been accomplished over the past year, and particularly the past six months. Our first Year-End Report was submitted on December 1, 2005, and this Mid-Year Report is an opportunity to share and celebrate the accomplishments over the first six months of 2006.
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Vibrant Communities Calgary is a local poverty reduction organization that assisted with the development of the Low Income Transit Pass Program. We are asking for your feedback to help us advocate for ongoing funding of this program, to help make sure this program meets your needs, and to assist other communities who would like to develop their own low income transit programs.
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This document outlines a Community Plan to reduce poverty through strategic interventions that will substantially reduce poverty, improve quality of life for all Calgarians, and contribute to Calgary’s
economic and social health.
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