Child Care
June 17,
2013 The OPSEU Provincial Women’s Committee is partnering with the Ontario
Coalition for Better Child Care on a parent survey about childcare options.
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The PWC supports the right to universally
accessible, high quality, not-for-profit, regulated child care
in the province of Ontario. To read more about the issue, go to
the Ontario Coalition
for Better Childcare
Pay equity is equal pay for work of equal value.
The PWC actively supports the view that it is a fundamental
human right of women workers to be paid wages that are free of
the systemic gender-based discrimination that values and pays
women's work less than men's work of comparable value.
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Please print the PWC
Pay Equity poster and post on your union board.
To read more about this issue, go to:
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Equal Pay Coalition
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Closing The Gender Pay Gap In Ontario: Securing Justice For
Women’s Work
Women and Unions
While women’s experience in the economy is
improving, there is still a long way to go. To obtain these
changes for women requires significant changes in the workforce.
The PWC holds the view that women’s collective action, through
the labour movement, is key to advancing women’s rights overall.
To read more about the issue, go to:
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The Role of Unions In Furthering Women’s Equality
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Union Workload: A Barrier To Women Surviving Labour-Movement
Leadership
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Connecting Women with Unions: What Are the Issues?