Last week, the provincial government announced minimum wage workers would get a 13-cent-an-hour pay increase in October.
NDP Leader Ryan Meili responded, by dismissing the adjustment as an insult. He pressed the Saskatchewan government to bring relief to frontline workers by substantially raising the minimum wage.
“Thirteen cents doesn’t get you very far — and it doesn’t help the majority of families that were already living paycheque to paycheque before COVID-19,” said Meili. “It’s time for the Sask. Party to stop insulting frontline workers with our worst-in-the-nation minimum wage, set aside their broken formula and give frontline workers the raise they deserve.”
Meili believed the government should reconsider their efforts, by raising the provincial minimum wage up to $15 per hour.
“Premier Scott Moe is letting Saskatchewan families down when we need leadership the most,” said Meili. “New Democrats are committed to bringing in a $15 minimum wage in our first term in government, for everyone’s economic wellbeing.”
