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0 pointsretrac6y ago0 comments

Pre-crisis, Amazon's warehouse workers in Ontario made just a little over minimum wage.

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MattGaiser6y ago· 2 in thread

Ontario minimum wage is the 2nd highest of any state/provincial entity in North America at $14. Sure that is not taking currency exchange into account, but prices are also in CAD in Canada.

retracOP6y ago

Ontario's minimum wage would be $10 USD an hour, lower than quite a few US states.

And prices might be in CAD, but Canada has a higher cost of living than the USA. Some examples with prices in USD -- Rent on a dingy 1-bedroom apartment in a medium-sized city in Ontario will be about $800 USD/month. Gasoline is $3.90 / gallon currently. Chicken breast costs about $4 / lb.

And that's to be afforded on a $10 USD wage. The minimum wage here is not a living wage. Workers have every right to be upset with that.

jbay8086y ago

Prices are in CAD, but that doesn't mean that the number that follows the dollar sign is the same. It's typical to see a $15 USD book sell for $25 CAD.

chrisseaton6y ago

I thought we were talking about the empowered tech workers?

But if you’re working around minimum wage then it’s even more ludicrous to suggest they have the ability to turn down work for ethical reasons. I don’t think you have any idea how little money that really is.

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