September 26, 2018
The London Free Press
Randy Richmond
Anti-poverty advocates say small minimum wage hike would have helped
It may seem like a little.
But in a city wrestling with poverty, homelessness and precarious work, a $1 an hour difference in the provincial minimum wage could have a huge impact, London’s social advocates said Wednesday in the wake of a government decision to freeze the hourly rate.
“Any little bit really helps,” Peter Rozeluk, executive director of Mission Services of London, said.
“Even $50 to $100 a month can allow a person to rent a place they might not have been able to before.”