Premier promises to close wage gap [Annual meeting of Canadian Union of Public Employees BC branch]

Premier Glen Clark promised Thursday to close the wage gap between men and women in the province's biggest public-sector union and between workers in the community and in institutions. "We know that CUPE has been a leader in the labor movement in working with the government," Clark to...

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Published inCanadian Press NewsWire
Format Newsletter
LanguageEnglish
Published Toronto Canadian Press Enterprises Inc 13.06.1997
Subjects
Civil service
Equal pay for equal work
Salaries pensions etc
Women
Canada
British Columbia Canada
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Summary:Premier Glen Clark promised Thursday to close the wage gap between men and women in the province's biggest public-sector union and between workers in the community and in institutions. "We know that CUPE has been a leader in the labor movement in working with the government," Clark told the annual meeting of the B.C. branch of the Canadian Union of Public Employees. "And we know that we have not done as much to reciprocate as we should have done, for a variety of reasons, and I say to you that must end."