Female Wage And Labor Differentials In Canada: History, Difference In Labor Markets, The Wage Gap, General Discrimination And Trends

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...labor force generally make 70 to 80 cents for every dollar men make. This wage gap has actually decreased greatly over the years but still has a long way to go for total equity in the work place despite positive legislation in the 1970s and 1980s. Historically, women within Canada have been crowded into certain female-dominated professions such as clerical positions, nursing, teaching, domestic work, social work and sales and services. While clerical work once was comparable with male blue-collar jobs in regards to pay, the increase in unionization in many blue-collar trades left most of the female-dominated positions as those which were lower paid. As women shifted away from clerical positions and proceeded to attain degrees in higher education, the wage gap began to decrease but then women encountered the glass ceiling in which women held a disproportionate number of positions in the lowest quartile in large corporations. Today, women still have lower average salaries than...

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