My mother had a very good career in retail, with on the floor wages much higher than minimum 'back in the day'. Plus commission.  

Nowadays the same department store hires at minimum wage, and new hires are unable to get full time hours. 

The service industry, including retail and hospitality, are complaining here in BC that they are having problems getting employees.  Business continues to raise the TFW issue.

And yet - as I have millennial children - the common refrain over the years from they and their friends,  is hours. Even co-workers able to work permanent full-time have difficulties getting 40 hours a week. And this under a supposedly booming BC economy.

(Which begs the question of how these industries can get TFWs - as full time work is supposed to be a requirement.)