I'm putting this in activism rather than "Québec" or "labour and consumption" as it is a call for action, and I certainly hope there are similar initiatives elsewhere, about the shameful impoverishment of workers.
http://www.pressegauche.org/spip.php?breve1727
No surprise that the Liberal Minister of Finance here, Carlos Leitao, thinks that the minimum wage is "appropriate". Screw him.