Prince Albert Daily Herald
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Saskatchewan’s minimum wage will increase by 36 cents this year. As of Oct. 1, the wage will go from $11.45 per hour to $11.81.
The province reviews its minimum wage on an annual basis. The wage is indexed to a formula that gives equal weight to the consumer price index and average hourly wage.
“Dealing with COVID-19 over the past year and a half has been a difficult time for everyone in Saskatchewan,” Labour Relations and Workplace Safety Minister Don Morgan said in a press release. “The provincial government has a strong framework in place to ensure that we are supporting both businesses and workers as we move into recovery after the pandemic. As life returns to normal, sustainable and predictable increases to our minimum wage help ensure that everyone will be able to benefit from a strong and growing Saskatchewan in the future.”
It will be 90 years this year since three miners – Peter Markunas, Nick Nargan and Julian Gryshko – lost their lives in an effort to improve harsh and often inhumane work conditions for themselves,. . .
Sauer has been a union activist and outspoken advocate for health care workers for over 35 years, starting out as a steward in her workplace before going on to hold many roles in the union, including being on the SGEU Provincial Council for 19 years and on SGEU’s Administrative Committee as the NUPGE Vice-President for five years. She comes from SGEU’s Health Sector and has served for the past two years as the Health Sector Chair and the Health Providers Bargaining Unit Chair. She also spent many years on the Health Providers Negotiating Committee and is a graduate of the Harvard University Trade Union Program.
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Prairie Portraits By Melissa Fundira. Illustrations by Enas Satir.
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