Posts by Nicola Hill

About Nicola Hill

Nicola Hill is Director of United Way of the Lower Mainland’s Labour Participation Department. The role works within the United Way and the Labour movement to channel their collective energies toward a common goal to address community issues and needs, and helps to ensure there is a broad range of accessible, universal, and high-quality social services.

Working poverty on the rise in Metro Vancouver

Oct 18, 2016

By Nicola Hill

Thanks to the Labour movement, we’ve made significant gains in working conditions over the years. On average, unionized employees make higher wages than non-unionized employees, and are more likely to receive health benefits and to have pension plans. But for those people working at or minimally above the minimum wage, whether they are unionized employees… View Article