Dead Last: Street Party and Petition Blitz for a $15 Minimum Wage

• Dead Last: Street Party and Petition Blitz for a $15 Minimum Wage

On April 1, Saskatchewan will become the province with the lowest minimum wage in the country, at just $11.06 an hour. That’s devastatingly, embarrassingly low – you need to earn at least $16/hour to afford the basics and stay out of poverty in Saskatchewan. So we’re hosting a couple events that ‘celebrate’ the dubious honour. The Sask Party is the BEST at being the WORST!

SASKATOON:

• What: A petition blitz! We’ll have cake, petition-signing, and flyers.
• When: April 1, 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.
• Where: Civic Square, in front of City Hall – 222 3^rd Ave N, Saskatoon

REGINA: 

• What: A street party! We’ll have cake, music, petition-signing, more postcards, and flyers.
• When: April 1, 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.
• Where: 1801 Scarth Street, in front of the Globe Theatre

We need folks who will help us with the following:

• LEVEL 1: Flyering and asking people to sign petitions. We’ll provide the flyers and some talking points – you just have to stop passers-by.
• LEVEL 2: Folks who can arrive early or stay late and help with set up and tear down. Someone to take photographs of the event for our social media.
• LEVEL 3: People who want to be media spokespeople at the event (which means talking to any media who show up about what the Fight for $15 is and why raising the minimum wage to $15 is both possible and crucial). This would also ideally (though not necessarily) be someone who is a low-wage worker.

Check the Fight for $15 SK Facebook page for both events. If you can’t attend the event in person, on April 1 tweet or post to demand that the Sask Party raise Saskatchewan’s minimum wage to $15, using the hashtags #DEADLAST and #FightFor15SK. You can also tweet at Don Morgan (@SaskMLA) and @PremierScottMoe.