Vancouver’s newest Living Wage Employer Vancouver Premier Contracting (VPC) has become the latest landscape designer in BC to commit to pay their staff and contracted workers a living wage by certifying as Living Wage Employer. Continue reading

350th Living Wage Employer in BC! Food Stash Foundation is the 350th organization in BC to be certified as a Living Wage Employer – committing to pay its staff and contracted workers a Living Wage. Continue reading

First certified Living Wage grocery delivery store in BC Jarr is the first delivery store in BC to become a certified Living Wage Employer, by committing to pay their staff and contracted workers a Living Wage. Continue reading

New Living Wage Employer in the Interior Modern PURAIR® South Okanagan & Kootenays has been certified as a Living Wage Employer – committing to pay its staff and contracted workers a Living Wage Continue reading

Join our participatory action research project! We are looking for parents in Metro-Vancouver who are in low paid work to join our participatory action research project - Making Ends Meet.  Making Ends Meet aims to understand the experiences of those involved in low-wage and precarious work. This research will provide a better understanding to policymakers of possible responses to the issues of working poverty. Continue reading

First Living Wage certified farm in BC. Sieffert’s Farm Market, Lazo & Tyee Farm Ltd have become the first farm in BC to certify as a Living Wage Employer committing to pay its staff and contracted workers a Living Wage. Continue reading

First Living Wage certified farmers market in BC The Esquimalt Farmers Market Society is the first farmers market in BC to signify its commitment to commit to pay its direct and contracted workers a living wage by certifying as a Living Wage Employer. Continue reading

First energy company in Northern BC to certify as a Living Wage Employer Kings Energy Services has been certified as a Living Wage Employer – committing to pay its staff and contracted workers a Living Wage. Continue reading

First Living Wage handyman service in BC Haus Handyman is the first home maintenance firm in BC to signify its commitment to ending working poverty, by certifying as a Living Wage Employer. Continue reading

Comox Valley non-profit becomes a Living Wage Employer Habitat for Humanity Vancouver Island North has been certified as a Living Wage Employer – committing to pay its staff and contracted workers a Living Wage. Continue reading