Update : Vibrant communities Calgary's living wage campaign

Living Wage definition Living Wage is defined by VCC as the amount of income an individual or family requires to meet their basic needs, to maintain a safe, decent standard of living, and to save for future needs and goals. [...] The SEEPP pilot project to administer the purchasing of apparel, food products, chemicals purchasing and custodial services began with stakeholder consultations in the spring of 2007. [...] They would also conduct a risk analysis and detail the triple bottom line implications of including Living Wage provisions in SEEPP and the code of conduct. [...] While VCC participants would like to see all of these elements reflected in the City’s purchasing policies, it has framed its work in the area of human resources improvements largely around the issue of Living Wage. [...] Many of the Two exemplary employers The manager of Cottage Care Calgary South, a house cleaning franchise based in Calgary with offices in Edmonton and southern Ontario, recently was profiled as an exemplary employer in Street Talk and VCC’s summer 2007 newsletter.