Another Unfulfilled Human Right for Ontario Women: Equal Pay Coalition Statement on the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Pay Equity Resources
How You Can Get Involved
The Equal Pay Coalition was formed in 1976 as a coalition of organizations to seek the implementation of equal pay for work of equal value both through legislation and collective bargaining. The Coalition has over 39 constituent and partner groups which represent Ontario women and men who support equal pay for work of equal value . See About Us for more information.
The Pay Equity Act is 20 years old!
What's New:
- February 6, 2009: Public Sector Equitable Compensation Act to trade pay equity away at the bargaining table? Read analysis here (ENG) and here (FR).
- PSAC Fact Sheet: Federal Pay Equity revamp threatens long-fought gains FR ENG Write to your MP. Don’t use the budget bill as an excuse to eliminate pay equity!
- Pay Equity Office Conference Report (20th Anniversary) FR ENG
- On December 10, the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Premier McGuinty Must End Ontario's Violation of UN Pay Equity Standards or Face UN Complaint - Read Open Letter here and Media Release here.
- A Framework for Action: Special 20th Anniversary Report Contributing to Ontario's Future - November, 2008
- Dear Premier McGuinty and Minister Fonseca: Close the Gender Pay Gap
- Don't Make Me Work For Free: Download your sticker here.
- Ontario's Gender Pay Gap Cheats Women Workers - Toronto Star Op Ed, September 17, 2008
- April Fools! Our Kind of Tax Cut!
- Pay Equity Maintenance: Legal Opinion for Ontario Federation of Labour
- OFL Letter to Heads of Unions re Funding Coalition Campaign
- Maintenance Checklist: Is Your Workplace Keeping Up?
- New Report from Canadian Labour Congress: Women's Economic Equality
Sign the Equal Pay Coalition petition: Send a message to the Ontario government today
International Women's Day: March 8, 2008
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Download flyer: English / French
Family Day Event: February 14, 2008
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Pay Equity 20th Anniversary Campaign Launch at Queen's Park: January 17, 2008
See photos & video
Welcome to the Equal Pay Coalition website! We have designed this website as a tool for all women to use in advocating for pay equity in the workplace. This website provides a comprehensive set of tools about pay equity primarily in Ontario, but also across Canada and around the globe. We provide information to help you understand pay equity better, including downloadable fact sheets, outreach resources such as brochures, and links to pay equity legislation and the key cases decided by Ontario tribunals and courts. We provide links to international organizations and references to Canada’s international obligations to provide equal pay for work of equal value. We outline how pay equity works, and provide further information to help you understand the issues better.
This website is also the headquarters of our new campaign. This year, 2008, is the 20th Anniversary of the Pay Equity Act. The Equal Pay Coalition is mounting an Ontario-wide campaign to bring public and electoral attention to the need for Ontario’s pay equity system to be revitalized, strengthened, and adequately resourced and enforced. The Coalition, with its broad-based membership of trade unions, community and social justice organizations and business and professional women’s organizations represents over one million Ontarians.
The Coalition lead the campaign which brought the Pay Equity Act to Ontario’s workplaces in 1988 and lobbied for its expansion in 1992 to cover predominantly female workplaces. As 2008 draws near, many employers are ignoring their obligation to pay women fairly. It is once again necessary to take action to ensure the promise of pay equity – a fundamental human right – is kept. Ontario women, without exception, are entitled to be paid free of the discrimination that pays them less than men. We ask you to visit our website and then join our campaign.