The @fordnation government had targeted public sector workers. Public sector work is mostly women’s work; women are 62% of public sector workers. @CCPA research shows that the racialized gender pay gap is smaller in the public sector. policyalternatives.ca/publications/r…
Bill 124 legislates limitations on public sector compensation increases to a maximum of 1%. As @ontarionurses points out, this legislation will disproportionately have a negative impact on women.
The government has applied for judicial review of the @ontariomidwives victory at the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal on gender discrimination in their pay rates; the tribunal ordered that, as a *first step*, midwives should have their compensation increased by 20%.
The Ford government has been battling #onted and that workforce is 75% women.
Not to be forgotten: Rolling back the legislated minimum wage increase to #15andfairness also has a disproportionately negative impact on women who are racialized and recent immigrants.
Not to be forgotten: Rolling back the legislated minimum wage increase to #15andfairness also has a disproportionately negative impact on women who are racialized and recent immigrants.
#IWD not only calls for reflection, but action. @FordNation’s cuts to public services, the minimum wage, and workers’ rights in feminized sectors hurt the most vulnerable women, they can and should be reversed
