Thread by @youseepeeYYC

Remember that time in 2019 that Restaurants Canada, a national anti-labour lobby group, celebrated Jason Kenney's proposal to cut minimum wage for children, and freeze minimum wage for everybody else?

I remember.

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You might recognize some of the restaurant brands that sit on their board, which includes Earls Restaurant, McDonalds, Subway, A&W, and KFC.

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Here's an article about their anti-NDP campaign.

"The organization, which represents more than 30,000 food-service businesses, launched the video Tuesday in a conference room full of local restaurant owners at the Matrix Hotel in Edmonton."

cbc.ca/news/canada/ed…

Here is an article of the push back to restaurants who supported Restaurants Canada's campaign to elect the UCP.

h/t to @yegchan

thestar.com/edmonton/2019/…

And to thank @RestaurantsCA for supporting the #UCP's anti-healthcare, anti-family, anti-teacher, anti-doctor, anti-labour, anti-Albertan campaign and policies, @jkenney rewarded them with cruel cuts to minimum wages very soon after the 2019 election.

north99.org/2019/05/28/ken…

The Beaverton commemorated this event in their own way.

Thanks for screwing over every Albertan poor enough to need to work, @RestaurantsCA, we won't forget you.

https://twitter.com/TheBeaverton/status/1182339476720439299?s=20