Canada’s Unions #DemandBetter for Equal Pay Day 2021

The Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) marked Equal Pay Day by calling for immediate action on pay equity. Equal Pay Day signals the day when average wages in female dominated job categories finally catch up to the wages in male dominated job categories from the previous calendar year. This year, that date arrived on April 7. 

Even in 2021, women still make on average 32 percent less in wages than men. The gender pay gap is even steeper for some. Over the past year, the disproportionately gendered and racialized economic and health impacts of COVID-19 have made the financial insecurities faced by women in our economy even worse. The federal government has promised to enforce pay equity and there is no time to lose. 

The CLC is urging everyone to add their voice to the Equal Pay Day campaign by writing to your Member of Parliament to demand that the federal government make pay equity the law here.