The Equal Pay Coalition calls on the Ontario government to develop a comprehensive strategy to close the gender pay gap–and you can too! Ontario’s ministers of Labour, Finance, Women’s Issues, Economic Development, Education, and Skills Development all have an express mandate to...
On International Women’s Day, March 8, 2017, the Equal Pay Coalition sent Premier Kathleen Wynne a letter calling on her to “commit to take active steps now to close the gender pay gap.” Recommended steps to that goal included:...
As Equal Pay Day 2017 approaches, the Equal Pay Coalition is making a variety of branded products available for purchase. Use the online form to order: Tote bags Stickers Lanyards Buttons ‘Close the Gender Pay Gap’ Rulers Sticky Notes...
For International Women’s Day 2017, the Equal Pay Coalition delivered a basket to Ontario’s women Ministers and those Ministers who have the specific mandate to close the gender pay gap. The package included a few items to help the Ministers take...
Governor-General David Johnston has awarded Canada’s top honour, the Order of Canada, to Mary Cornish, Chair of Ontario’s Equal Pay Coalition for her work advancing the cause of pay equity for women. It is great to see a lifelong...
Equal Pay Coalition member organization Ontario Federation of Labour has launched their “Make it Fair” campaign to change Ontario’s outdated labour laws. Key to the campaign’s success, there are now 16 “Regional Organizing Hubs” designed to bring together local...
A report released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, authored by Equal Pay Coalition Chair Mary Cornish, reveals that the average pay gap between men and women stands at 29.4 per cent in Ontario — a gap...
Join us in Ottawa on Tuesday, April 19, 2016 Ontario women earn roughly 70% of what men do, and this gap widens for women who are racialized, Indigenous, immigrants or temporary migrants, disabled, or LGBTQ. Help get the news...
CLOSE THE GENDER PAY GAP: BECAUSE IT’S 2016. Ontario women earn roughly 30% less than men do*, and this gap widens for women who are racialized, Indigenous, immigrants or temporary migrants, disabled, or LGBTQ. Discriminatory gender pay gaps are...
Starting last year, the Equal Pay Coalition asked all sitting MPPs to sign the Pledge to be a Pay Equity Champion. So far, only 18 of 107 MPPs have done so, and all are from the NDP. Pledge Signatories NDP...
