{"id":23292,"date":"2023-05-08T13:50:19","date_gmt":"2023-05-08T17:50:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.leaf.ca\/?post_type=news&#038;p=23292"},"modified":"2023-05-08T13:50:23","modified_gmt":"2023-05-08T17:50:23","slug":"leaf-to-argue-importance-of-collective-bargaining-to-gender-equality-in-bill-124-case","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.leaf.ca\/fr\/news\/leaf-to-argue-importance-of-collective-bargaining-to-gender-equality-in-bill-124-case\/","title":{"rendered":"LEAF to argue importance of collective bargaining to gender equality in Bill 124 case\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>May 8,<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>2023<\/strong> \u2013 Restrictions on collective bargaining limit equality for women, and especially racialized women,&nbsp;in the workplace, says the Women\u2019s Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This week, the Court of Appeal for Ontario said that LEAF can make arguments in the upcoming case about the constitutionality of the <em>Protecting a Sustainable Public Sector for Future Generations Act, 2019 <\/em>(also known as \u201cBill 124\u201d).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ontario government enacted Bill 124 in 2019.&nbsp;Bill 124 imposed restraints that limited wage\/compensation increases in the broader public sector to 1% during each of three one-year moderation periods. Last fall, a judge on Ontario\u2019s Superior Court of Justice struck down the law for violating workers\u2019 rights to freedom of association.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe know that women make up the majority of Ontario health care, social services, and education workers, and that their work continues to be devalued,\u201d says Pam Hrick, LEAF Executive Director &amp; General Counsel. \u201cCollective bargaining matters because it enables these workers to push for fair compensation, better job security, and improved working conditions.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bill 124 disproportionately affects women, and especially racialized women, who make up a large majority of workers in health care, social services, and education. Over 92% of Ontario\u2019s nurses and 82.6% of workers in health care and social assistance sectors are women. Racialized women disproportionately perform care work. The Ontario government\u2019s own data demonstrate that 79% of health care workers, educators, and other workers affected by Bill 124 are women. Notably, municipal police and firefighters \u2013 male-dominated fields \u2013 were exempt from Bill 124.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOntario relied on the essential labour of healthcare and education workers even more during the pandemic, but in return, the government severely limited their abilities to bargain for fair compensation and benefits,\u201d says Hrick. \u201cThese workers have had to face extraordinarily stressful working conditions and skyrocketing inflation while their pay remained stagnant. The gendered impacts of Bill 124 cannot be overlooked.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Court of Appeal will hear arguments in this case June 20-23, 2023.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>LEAF is grateful to Christine Davies, Kat Owens, and Danielle Sandhu, counsel for LEAF in this case.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>For media inquiries, please contact:<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kat Owens&nbsp;<br>Project Director, LEAF&nbsp;<br><a href=\"mailto:k.owens@leaf.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">k.owens@leaf.ca<\/a> &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"categories":[705],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23292","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry","category-workplace-rights"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>LEAF to argue importance of collective bargaining to gender equality in Bill 124 case\u00a0 - LEAF<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.leaf.ca\/fr\/news\/leaf-to-argue-importance-of-collective-bargaining-to-gender-equality-in-bill-124-case\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"LEAF to argue importance of collective bargaining to gender equality in Bill 124 case\u00a0 - LEAF\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"May 8,&nbsp;2023 \u2013 Restrictions on collective bargaining limit equality for women, and especially racialized women,&nbsp;in the workplace, says the Women\u2019s Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF).&nbsp; 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