PACT SHEET

MINIMUM WAGES IN B. Cc,

hin B. ¢, can wor

k full time at the minimum

Will ena Up nearly $3000 ber year below the poverty line.

FACT:
122% of the bOverty line.

In 1975 a Person working full time at minimum wege earned
Today that Person would have to earn

$7.50 an hour to reach 122% of the Poverty line.

Between 1981 and 1986
n hour or less increase

"anti-inflations
Of poverty.

FACT:
Dist

Canada, June,
“employea"

Would make a big difference,

FACT:

froze B. C.'s minimum wage at $3.65 per hour.

They will be
Janitors.

ee

ve worked ONE HoUR per

Between Dec., 1980 and Jan., 1987, the Socred government

If they had

increased it with inflation , it would now be over $7 an hour.

FACT:
hour to support herself; $8.62 anh
$11.53 an hour to support three
Support four People.

childcare costs

Was in 1975,
dollars),

To escape poverty, one person would have to earn $6.53 an

Ort two people;
3.28 an hour to