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S4 E4 – Relying on low minimum wages is bad business

Have you ever noticed that every time the minimum wage increases, business owners seem to come out of the woodwork to complain about it? They claim it’ll force them to shut down, that it’ll eat into their margins, and that they’ll have no choice but to charge customers more?

In episode 4 of season 4 of the Alberta Worker Podcast, independent labour journalist Kim Siever discuss how if an employer’s business model centres around paying their workers as little as possible, they have a crappy business model.

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By Kim Siever

Kim Siever is an independent queer journalist based in Lethbridge, Alberta, and writes daily news articles, focusing on politics and labour.

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