Article from Global news (Again 🙂

-http://globalnews.ca/news/1591433/sask-minimum-wage-increasing-by-20-cents-wednesday/

In many people eyes, minimum wages is not a big deal to them because they all have the “perfect job” that they want, they enjoy or they get well paid. However, in Saskatchewan, lot of the workers or employees are working their head off for the minimum wage. On Wednesday, the minimum wage will be increased to 10.20 by 20 cents. I have never had a job (getting paid), so I don’t know how big a difference would that 20 cents raise change those workers life, but in the article it mentioned, “If you want to have loyalty with your employees and you want them to have their time available to you, then you have to pay them what they’re worth,” said Lisa Wicklund, owner of Seed Sustainable Style on 13th Avenue in Regina. I agree with that statement, since the opportunity cost for these workers coming to work for you, they could have stayed home and took care of their kids by themselves instead of sending them to day care. And the reason they are willing to work for someone is that they believe working for you can help with their living standard. 

Minimum wages can mean so less to us, but also mean so much to others. “There isn’t much of a desire for people to put themselves into further poverty just to be working.”said Tyler Gray, HIV Strategy Housing Support Coordinator.