People in North America need to get this through their heads. In Canada it is not so bad but not by much.

@beermeplease A couple things about that. Unions in the restaurant industry are rare unless you are attached to hospitality like a hotel restaurant. And those that are unionized it usually happens after the workplace gets so toxic and dangerous it is about survival. In a year and a bit that I worked in professional kitchens I saw more people maimed from work place accidents than on construction sites and for women disrespect and harassment is the default position. To the point that I have seen people literally read to turn their literal knives on each other.

You could not pay me to go back to working in a "professional" kitchen.

And minimum wage and living wages are not the same thing.

Hell even here in Winnipeg you can be looking at a grand for a bachelor apartment and people going to food banks is skyrocketing every year.