Salvation Army workers against poverty wages

On January 6, 2012, workers at the Salvation Army's Booth Centre shelter in Ottawa walked off the job to protest poverty wages. Despite saying that it aims to fight poverty, the Salvation Army in Canada pays many of its workers less than the living wage. In the case of Ottawa, the living wage has been set by ACORN Canada at $13.50 per hour. However, kitchen assistants and cleaners at the Salvation Army's Booth Centre earn a top wage of $11.31/h, while maintenance workers earn a top wage of $12.63/h. Moreover, workers at a neighbouring shelter, the Shepherds of Good Hope, earn between $2 and $5 more per hour for the same work with the same clientele.