Help close the Gender Wage Gap today - Letter - UFCW Canada

Help close the Gender Wage Gap today - Letter

Together, we can urge provincial governments to make equal pay for equal work a reality for all working women in Canada. Send a message to provincial government leaders today to put an end to the gender wage gap.

Step 1 Select your province

Step 2 Send a letter

Your Name:

Your E-mail:

Message:

Dear Premier:

I am writing to you to ask you to begin taking steps to help eliminate the gender wage gap, and as your government works on recovery measures for this pandemic, to ensure women’s rights and gender justice are at the heart of the COVID-19 global response and recovery measures.

The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed women’s participation in the labour force down to its lowest level in three decades. The majority of job losses have taken place in female-dominated industries, including accommodation and food services, retail trade, educational services and health care and social services. These factors carry significant economic consequences, impact further the growing gender wage gap for women and will have devastating consequences on families.

I am asking you and the provincial government to take the gender wage gap seriously and consider the following recommendations to help close the gap for good.

• Make closing the gender gap a human rights priority
• Legislate card check & promote access to collective bargaining
• Enforce and expand pay equity
• Increase the minimum wage
• Legislate equity compliance for workplaces and businesses
• Provide affordable, high-quality, universal child care
• End violence and harassment of women
• Table Pay Transparency legislation

With your help, we can eliminate the gender wage gap not only across this province, but across this country and help make equal pay for equal work a reality for all working women.

Sincerely,

Verification

Canada's Private Sector Union

Help close the Gender Wage Gap today - Letter