Close The Gap – Pay Equity

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No more lip service to pay equity

Child care, child welfare, developmental services and community agency staff who work in “female dominated” jobs are directly affected by wage inequality in Ontario. They say they’ve had enough lip service to pay equity and want Ontario’s new premier to take action in closing the pay gap between women and men. 

Women earn 28 per cent less than men in Ontario, for work of equal value. A woman has to work for free until April 9 each year, before earning the same amount as a man.  The pay gap is even bigger for racialized women, women with disabilities and Aboriginal women.  CUPE Ontario is working with the Ontario Equal Pay Coalition to change pay inequality.

Join us and the Equal Pay Coalition for actions taking place on the 9th.  Click here to see the full list of actions

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Take Action Now:

Toronto Events on April 9:

Date	Time	Event
April 9	8:00 am	Community call to action event at the intersection of King & Bay. Join us and come help leaflet information about Equal Pay Day. Wear the colour red to mark how far women are “in the red” when it comes to pay equity.
April 9	10:00 am – 11:45 am	Coalition members will be in Legislature for Question Period.
April 9	11:45 am	Photo op with MPPs wearing red following Question Period. Queen’s Park, outside Legislative Assembly and Room 230.
April 9	12:00 noon	Community call to action event at the intersection of University and College and South on University to Gerrard. Join us and come help leaflet information about Equal Pay Day. Wear the colour red to mark how far women are “in the red” when it comes to pay equity.
April 9	1:30 pm	News conference and media briefing session at Queen’s Park Media Conference Room: Featuring the release of a report on the pay gap between men and women in Ontario, written by legal expert Mary Cornish, published by Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives-Ontario.

• Visit the Equal Pay Coalition at equalpaycoalition.org and on the right-side of the screen you can send a message to Kathleen Wynne to declare April 9 as Equal Pay Day.