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The article discusses issues relating to the Canadian minimum wage, with over a million Canadians working for minimum wages or less, amounting to about 45 percent of average Canadian hourly earnings. Topics discussed include 2014 minimum wage to be worth about 25 percent less than in the mid-1970s, need to have two to three part-time jobs to cover basic food and shelter expenses, and profile of minimum-wage earner. It also mentions that Corporate Canada opposes an increase in minimum wages. INSETS: MEASURING DOWN;MCWAGES;A TALE OF TWO RETAILERS.

The article discusses movements in Québec that call to raise the minimum wage, such as the Minimum $15 campaign and the 5-10-15 Coalition. Among of the campaign's demands include an immediate raise of the minimum wage to $15, five days' notice for scheduling, and indexation to the cost of living regardless of immigration status. Coalition and collaboration for the campaign is discussed.

The article looks at the campaign for a $15 minimum hourly wage in Québec. A brief historical overview of the establishment of the Immigrant Workers Centre (IWC) of the Coalition Against Precarious Work is given, along with diversity and convergence it experienced along the way. Also discussed is the launch of an independent campaign on the theme of "5-10-15," which demands for five days' notice for work schedules, 10 days of paid sick leave, and the $15 minimum wage.