COVID-19 pandemic highlights the need for a living wage
With the spread of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, news stories sounding the alarm over worker shortages are once again on the rise. And, like previous waves, these news stories are focused almost exclusively on workers in low-wage, precarious jobs. These jobs service large parts of the Canadian economy that are now being recognized as “essential” in a post-pandemic society; jobs in the food supply and distribution chain, especially.
