At the end of October, SUN submitted recommendations to the Minimum Wage Board outlining linkages between poverty and health in the province.
Recently, Rosalee Longmoore (SUN President), Amber Alecxe (Research/Policy Analyst) and Kelly Miner, Director of Labour Relations, travelled to Saskatoon to make a presentation to the Board based on our submission. The presentation provided a unique and critical perspective into the lasting impact of poverty on health and well being, and the implications of the gap between minimum wage and a “living wage”.
Given Saskatchewan’s rising numbers of working poor and alarming child poverty rate, SUN urged the Board to consider increasing minimum wage as a strategy to improve public health.
SUN's Submission
Power Point Presentation & Graphs
Fact Sheet
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