http://www.metafilter.com/tags/workingpoverty Posts tagged with 'workingpoverty' at MetaFilter. Mon, 01 May 2006 10:34:09 -0800 Mon, 01 May 2006 10:34:09 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/51310/Working%2Dpoverty%2Din%2DCanada <a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/maidforamonth">Maid for a Month</a>. On February 1, Ontario raised its minimum wage from $7.45 to $7.75 per hour. Well-known Toronto <em>Globe and Mail</em> writer Jan Wong: "I thought the best way to tell the story of that 30-cent raise was to work — and live — at the bottom of the food chain. I would find a low-paying job, a low-rent apartment and, single-mom-like, take <a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20060415.wmaidsam0415/BNStory/MaidforaMonth">my</a> <a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20060415.wmaidben0415/BNStory/MaidforaMonth">boys</a> with me for the month and see how we survived." tag:metafilter.com,2006:site.51310 Mon, 01 May 2006 10:34:09 -0800 canada cleaning janwong maid minimumwage poverty toronto workingpoverty russilwvong