Despite the fact that I think and write a great deal about the disparities and inequities that plague our society, I am almost embarrassed to admit that until now, I had never heard of something called The Big Mac Index, launched, according to a recen…
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Politics and its Discontents: Ronald McDonald’s Secret Agenda
As Johnny Carson used to say, “Folks, I merely report these things”. Recommend this Post
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: More On The Minimum Wage
There has been very much a predictable reaction from business to the Wynne government’s decision to raise the Ontario minimum wage to $11 per hour as of June 1. Even though this modest increase will do little to lift the working poor out of poverty, the commercial sector is running
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: A Way To Address The Problem of Restaurant Poverty Wages
Although this is an American solution, I don’t see why it wouldn’t work in Canada as well. Click here if you would like more information about The National Diners Guide. Recommend this Post
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Putting A Face On Minimum-Wage Poverty
Last evening I watched a fascinating documentary on PBS’ Nature* about the black crested macaque, a monkey that is endemic to rainforests in Indonesia, which includes the island of Sulawesi. The monkeys are a badly endangered species whose numbers have dropped 90% over the last 25 years thanks to hunters
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Raising The Minimum Wage: Countering The Right-Wing Propagandists
Given the disappointing news about the minimum wage coming out of Ontario, and the relentless propaganda from the right about wage increases being job killers while conveniently ignoring the experience of other jurisdictions, perhaps the following video can provide some balance: Recommend this Post
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: More Thoughts On The Minimum Wage
Although I have written several previous posts on the need to substantially increase the minimum wage so that it becomes a living wage, I have been planning an update. However, I doubt that today will be the day for that update since, once again over my morning coffee, I have
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: In This Season Of Getting And Spending
… a timely reminder about the practices of the world’s biggest retailer: This article is also worthy of perusal. Recommend this Post
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: So They Really Do Care After All
This story should lay to rest any of the insidious propaganda about Walmart not caring about its workers. Recommend this Post
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Once In A While Their Voice Is Heard
It is a truism to state that the poor have little power to influence the political discussion. Those toiling away at minimum wage jobs, our silent serfs, for want of choice, are one of the invisible minorities (perhaps soon to be a majority?) seemingly easy to ignore. This was baldly
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: More On The Minimum Wage
The struggle to raise the minimum wage has been the subject of several of my recent posts. The current wage of $10.25 in Ontario is as inadequate as the $7.25 that the majority of jurisdictions in the United States pays, forcing millions to live below the poverty line even if
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: A Monday Morning Thought
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Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: The Struggle To Raise The Minimum Wage
I have written several recent posts on the campaign gaining traction across the United States to raise the minimum wage to $15 per hour from the current average of just over $7. That struggle has now come to Ontario, where those living in poverty thanks to the current minimum of
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: The Struggle For Dignity
All of us have a right to respect and dignity. Many of us do not receive it. Having been ‘educated’ in the Catholic system at a time when the application of both verbal and physical abuse was regarded as proper corrective methodology, I experienced many times in my younger life
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