Pensions may be the hot-button issue of the ongoing labour dispute between Canada Post and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers, but union representatives argue a gender pay gap is also at its heart.
“[This is] possibly the worst case of gender discrimination in Canada’s federal public service,” reads a memo from the union representing the nation’s 50,000 mail carriers.
The union has accused Canada Post of breaking federal pay equity legislation, which ensures there is no gender-based wage discrimination among public servants, and has urged Canadians to write to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Patty Hajdu, the status of women minister.
To read more about the issue, see the recent article posted on the website of our sister publication, Chatelaine.
To read the latest Benefits Canada coverage of the Canada Post situation, see “Post workers delay possible job action for 24 hours as contract talks continue.”