Comparisons for pay equity purposes are accepted practice

GVLRA representatives have been saying through various media outlets and personal communications that the jobs in the library aren’t comparable to ones at city hall. They are ignoring their own history.
Pay equity is “equal pay for work of equal value”, and that’s what we are asking for here. That’s what the parties agreed to achieve […]

Discrimination against female-dominated jobs

CUPE Local 410 workers are still waiting for recognition of fair pay by management and its bargainer, Greater Victoria Labour Relations Association.
Female-dominated jobs have traditionally been both undervalued and underpaid. The purpose of the signed pay equity agreements is: to pay jobs usually done by women at least the same as jobs usually done by […]

Give library workers the credit - and the pay - they deserve

Almost everyone loves libraries, and our patrons love to tell us how much they appreciate our service. Unfortunately, however, library workers cannot continue to live on love alone.
Contracts were signed promising pay equity with city hall, but this promise continues to be long overdue. The shortfall in pay amounts to library workers coming in for […]

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