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    :: Thursday, April 07, 2005 ::

    "Working people take aim at hated government in British Columbia" By Roger Annis - Socialist Voice, Seven Oaks Magazine
    The most exploited workers in the province—youth, and agricultural workers—have also felt the wrath of the Liberals. Changes to the province’s labor code strip away protection to agricultural workers in many areas such as hours of work and payment for statutory holidays and overtime. A new slave-labor minimum wage for youth allows employers to pay $6 per hour to workers with less than 500 hours of verifiable lifetime work experience. (The full minimum wage is $8.)
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