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Do you get paid minimum wage? Check to see if your wage goes up today

Minimum wages increased in Ontario on October 1, 2024. You should see $17.20/hour in your next two weeks of pay. See the wages in other provinces below. 

Check your pay stub to make sure you are getting paid the right amount for all the hours you work. If not, call us!

Migrant Care Workers:  416-897-4388
Migrant Student Workers:  647-858-2854
Migrant Fishery Workers: 506-251-7467
Migrant Farm Workers (ENG):  905-324-2840
Trabajador@s Agrícolas (ESP):  647-807-4722
Undocumented Workers: 647-782-6633

In 2019, Ontario Premier Ford cancelled a $15 minimum wage. The minimum wage only went up because workers like you demanded it!  

But minimum wage is not enough to live on. Some workers aren’t even allowed to get the minimum wage. You and your co-workers deserve more! Call us to join with others to improve wages for yourself and others.

Updated since Dec 13, 2024

ProvinceMinimum Hourly WageSince
Alberta$15.00October 1, 2018
British Columbia$17.40June 1, 2024
Manitoba$15.80October 1, 2024
New Brunswick$15.30April 1, 2024
Newfoundland & Labrador$15.60April 1, 2024
Northwest Territories$16.70September 1, 2024
Nova Scotia$15.20April 1, 2024
Nunavut$19.00January 1, 2024
Ontario$17.20October 1, 2024
Prince Edward Island$16.00October 1, 2024
Quebec$15.75May 1, 2024
Saskatchewan$15.00October 1, 2024
Yukon$17.59April 1, 2024
Care Workers

New Parliament, Same Crisis: Tell your MP the Crisis is Now!

A new parliament starts in Ottawa this week. Yesterday, the federal government laid out its priorities for the next year including increasing immigration levels, reducing wait times, and family reunification. But they failed to mention how migrants like us are living and working in crisis right now without permanent residency. 

From December 3-5, migrant groups from across the country will be organizing meetings, postering offices, holding rallies, caravans, and public outreach events at Member of Parliament offices. Our message is clear: We live here. Our crisis must be a priority. Click below to sign up for an action near you!

I want to join an action near me on Dec 3-5!

I want to join an action in Toronto on Dec 5!

Migrants are in crisis. In British Columbia, our fellow migrant farmworkers have been displaced due to flooding. Many are being temporarily housed in shelters, while others have yet to be evacuated. Because farmworkers are on employer-specific work permits, they are unable to find other work or access EI benefits. Their lives and livelihoods are at serious risk. 

For us care workers, we know how it feels to be suddenly displaced without a place to live and unable to access work or benefits because of our closed work permits. We are tired of going through crises after crises! We demand full and permanent immigration status for all now! Join an action near you from December 3rd to the 5th:  https://migrantrights.ca/decmpactions/

Migrant students in Toronto and Brampton!

Current and former international students like you are meeting up in Toronto and Brampton to connect, get to know each other, talk about our struggles and what we can do improve our lives. Sign up below to join – We will send you more details!

Can’t come but interested in joining future meetings? Sign up anyway and we will get in touch.

Migrant Students United is a group of current and former international students uniting for justice. Get involved and join us to win fair rules, equal rights and PR status for all of us!

Care Workers

PM Trudeau: Ensure Status for Frontliners, #StatusforAll

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Migrant Students

Job Posting: Outreach Workers, Migrant Students United

Migrant Workers Alliance for Change (MWAC) is a member-led organization that is building racialized, low-waged, worker power to win migrant justice. Our areas of focus include current and former international students in low-waged work through our Migrant Students United campaign (MSU).

We are seeking two outreach workers to join the MSU team. Outreach workers will make contact with migrant student workers in the Greater Toronto Area, and bring them into the MSU campaign so they can be part of winning changes to immigration and labour policy.

We are no longer accepting applications for this position.