Liberals, NDP promise sick note ban, tout $15 minimum wage pledge | CBC News
Both
are committing to raising Manitoba’s minimum wage to $15 an hour from
the current $11.35 rate and both parties said they would introduce a ban
on employers asking for sick notes for an illness that lasts 72 hours
or less.
are committing to raising Manitoba’s minimum wage to $15 an hour from
the current $11.35 rate and both parties said they would introduce a ban
on employers asking for sick notes for an illness that lasts 72 hours
or less.
“The reason
we want to get to $15 dollars an hour isn’t because there is something
magic about the number 15 it’s because $15 dollars and hour is a symbol
and the symbol that it represents is a living wage,” said NDP Leader Wab
Kinew who made the promise in front of a streetcar sculpture on Main
Street that pays tribute to the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike.