JOIN THE FIGHT AGAINST POVERTY!!!

RESCLUTION ON MINIMUM WAGE

WHEREAS a single person can work full time at the B. C. minimum

wage of $5 an hour and still be $2000 to $3000 a year below the
poverty line; and

WHEREAS in 1975 a single berson working at minimum wage earned
122% of the poverty line; and

WHEREAS today a single person would have to earn $7.50 an hour to
reach 122% of the Poverty line; and

WHEREAS low wages cause Poverty and poverty causes sickness, higher

infant and adult mortality rates; and |

WHEREAS higher wages will increase purchasing power and enable
businesses to have customers that Can spend more money;

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT

(this group, union, church, municipality) endorse the principle of
increasing minimum wage to $7.50 an hour, ane that we urge the

Premier, and Prime Minister to increase the minimun wage to $7.50
an hour.

RESOLUTION ON WELFARE RATES

WHEREAS over 200,000 B. C. citizens depend on welfare in B. C.; and |
WHEREAS about 75,000 of these people are children; and !
WHEREAS over 30,000 are Single parents; and

WHEREAS welfare rates are about half the poverty line (from 47 to

64%); and

WHEREAS the average poor family in B. Cc. is $4000 a year below the
poverty line; and

WHEREAS poor people suffer from more Sickness and earlier deaths
than other people, and poor babies have twice the infant mortality
rate as other babies in Canada; and

WHEREAS increasing welfare rates would help businesses in low
income communities; and

WHEREAS money for reducing poverty could come from the federal
government, higher taxes on wealthy people and corporations, and
savings in health care, education, and justice system programs:

THEREFORE BE'IT RESOLVED THAT (your

group, union, church, municipality) end@orse the principle of | ITEM | PAGE

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raising welfare rates to the poverty line, and that we urge the
Premier to do this.