{"id":46188,"date":"2018-11-19T10:12:04","date_gmt":"2018-11-19T17:12:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/?p=46188"},"modified":"2018-11-19T10:12:04","modified_gmt":"2018-11-19T17:12:04","slug":"some-welcome-increase-in-minimum-wage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/2018\/11\/19\/some-welcome-increase-in-minimum-wage\/","title":{"rendered":"Some welcome increase in minimum wage"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A Good Start: <\/strong>Joy Cabayao is a sales associate at Topshop in Calgary on Oct. 13. Cabayao balances her time between her work and school. She said that the minimum wage increase “is a good start, especially for new employees.” (Photo by Marco Saligao\/The Press)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

T<\/span>he latest increase in the minimum wage has some offering praise, while others say they aren’t in favour of the move.<\/p>\n

A<\/span>ccording to the Government of Alberta, the move to hike the minimum wage in the province to $15 an hour from $13.60, effective Oct. 1, will help reduce poverty, improve the quality of life, and to satisfy employees.<\/p>\n

But some workers don’t see an upside to the move.<\/p>\n

\u201cPersonally, [the raise] didn\u2019t benefit me at all because I already make $15 an hour before the wage increase,\u201d Jeana Mangaccat says.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of the disadvantages for me is that they give out\u00a0less\u00a0hours now. They have to pay other employees more.\u201d<\/p>\n

Joy Cabayao, a part-time employee at Topshop and a full-time student at Mount Royal University, says that $15 is enough for her\u00a0because she needs to save and to pay her bills as she has to balance her time between school and work.<\/p>\n

She also says that people who support for their families\u00a0can\u00a0use the increased wage as leverage to save up for their future.<\/p>\n

Carrie Reid, a single mother of two who works as a server at Earls, says that the wage increase is a necessary move, especially for single parents.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have two children to feed. I work 40 hours a week, so the raise helps me to de-stress a little bit,\u201d says Reid.<\/p>\n

\u201cI never have to think about finding another job.\u201d<\/p>\n

Reid also said that the increase is a huge help for her family as it helps in her household expenses, as well as for her children\u2019s future.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome companies should begin to consider having more benefits for part-time workers, for example, discounts on products in retail stores,\u201d says Mangaccat.<\/p>\n

Mangaccat says that the raise is not beneficial for others who work from paycheque to paycheque.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of the disadvantages for me is that they give out\u00a0less\u00a0hours now. They have to pay other employees more.\u201d –\u00a0Jeana Mangaccat<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

She also said that the $15 raise is good for people who are just starting to work, like new immigrants, or those who have families to support.<\/p>\n

\u201cOverall, It is nice to know that there is an increase because it will motivate workers, not just here in Calgary, but in Alberta,\u201d Reid says.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The minimum wage raise that took in effect last Oct. 1, 2018 has sparked a conversation amongst Calgary retail workers. [ READ MORE ]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":522,"featured_media":46205,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_ef_editorial_meta_text_assignment-slug":"S2 Wage Increase","footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-46188","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46188","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/522"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46188"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46188\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47389,"href":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46188\/revisions\/47389"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}