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For employers in Ontario today, women workers are a real bargain, said Mayling Stubbs, chairperson of the Kitchener-Waterloo Status of Women, group. Not only do employers get skilled. energetic and conscientious workers, but they truly have to pay them half as much. Statistics, released by the Canadian Advisory Council on the Status of Women. show that for every dollar earned by a full-time male worker in Ontario today, a female full-time worker earns only so cents. Pat Arbuckle Chronicle Stan The main objective of the camp _ign is "to communicate to the government what our g'/lgltS'olil, are - that we will receive fair treatment in the labor market," said Stubbs. Ontario is currently governed by legislation which guarantees equal pay for similar work but many women's groups in Ontario feel this is iniNft1ei_erti. 7 - - A Stubbs and her organization are determined to reverse this trend. They recently launched a campaign in the region urging men and women to send telegrams to Premier William Davis. The message: "Legislate equal pay for work of equal value." Stubbs feels that women have met with discrimination in the job market because of soeiety's attitude to women who work. Their work has never been considered essential she said. Their role was thought to be working simply to earn money for a new dress or to help pay for the family's second car. _ v “It is a very restrictive type of legislation." said Stubbs. "The legislation has done nothing to close the wage gap between men and women.“ Women traditionally worked in the home without’bay and when they began Joining the work force in Increasing numbers, particularly in the clerical. sales and service fields. "it was assumed that they would work for less because they Vere not self-supporting," explained “It is really Mair to women who never man!» are divorced. separated. widowed or have to admit a amlly on a wage that la hall the norm." ahe added. Current statistlca show that I per cent of working women are either salt-supporting or the sole hreadwlmer for their family. sun. wages remain low tor women. Two-think of ternale workers earn the minimum wage. Chronicle staff The jury is still out with regards to Waterloo Safe Water Society's attempt to force a nuoride plebi- scite on the Nov. 8 ballot. But eontident that their petition campaign will get the validated seal of approval, WSWS isn't waiting around as they shift full speed ahead into the next segment of their cam- "As of now we're concentrating on the fundraising aspect of our cam- paign, our members are going out to raise funds so we can meet our expenses," said society president Herbert Riedel Friday. "We're gen- erally getting things planned." One aspect of the anti-fluorida- tiemists' campaign that will likely differ from last year's approach will be the manner in which they at- tempt to convince potential voters of alleged tltgoride hazards. “Oné thing we're probably going to forget about is the lawn sign In a five-to-tttree vote Tuesday Waterloo city council turned thumbs down on a pro- posal to build an exclu- sive shopping complex in the north end orthe city. - Waterloo deireioper Abe Wiehe wishes to build a 16-min. 28.000 tiihiitkU t5tift Next phase for Safe Water Group tttttttttg feels that the cum: legislation does ttttfe to Must do more to balance scales for women workers, group says Periphery mall gets city council rejection Street, north ot Univer- sity Avenue. In August he ‘appeared before. council to at that the zoning be changed on his may to allow such I use. Council at that time deterred the matter pendihg a re- port from the Civic squa re'-toot shopping any!) of: g tum-ungu- approach." said Riedel. "It tends to lead people to have bitter attitudes towards neighbors - even after the tluoride vote is over. That's one negative effect of the whole issue, they (signs) tend to divide people. put one neighbor against the other, and that's not what we're trying to do at all. We feel there are better ways to get our messrge_aeross," The WSWS was told the earliest they would receive omeial notitiea- tion that their petition held enough valid signatures to force the plebi- scite would come this Friday. Oc- tober 15. City clerk Ron Keeling indicated Tuesday no word would be forthcoming before that date. “I haven't got it (printout) yet, it would be at least tomorrow (Wednesday) until we could start (verifying)," said Keeling. "And even then, it will be a good two to three days to do the check itself. There won’t be any word until at least the end of the week." Telegram campaign started The CDC report. pre sented to council M day, retommende‘ that the city not - prove the zone change application. Aid. Mary Jane Me- whinney argued against the CDC ree- ommendation which she said was "very improve the standard of living of working women because it ton-es wage comparison In areas where few men are employed. A switchboard operator. for example. would have to find a male operator who ls doing virtually the same job for more Fish in order to put In a clalrn to the Employae Standards Branch. _ The job are compared according? [our main crlterla: skill. responsibility. effort and wo " tNtitditittgts. “They must be very due to equal in all respects in order to win a ease," ma Stuhba. smote hellevea that legislation guaranteeing equal pay Mayling Stubbs “-81”. [Neil the mic climate we The Inner. she u- gued, “is much broader than a small plump: Issue and mtuneit has to look at (the impact of the pro]- ect) on the community as a whole." , again-g vim" Mewhinney’s posi- tion was backed up by Aid. Doreen Thomas, a member of the CDC, who said “we are very fortunate to have someone who wants to pump 33 million into Waterloo.” supported the CDC ree- ommendation because allowing the develop- ment to proceed would destroy “hvestnr con- ttdence" in the eity's ples for lhe sore. Mayor Marjorie Car- roll voted against the project because allow- ing it to proceed could affect " core proposal that is being prepared. We're not Interested in stopping develop- meat," she said. "but the timing is very Also. she cautioned. if council were to allow the development to go ahead, it would then face “Intense pres- sure" from other de, velopers who come for- ward with proposals for other retail projects outside the core. Chronic|e Staff It's the message the Waterloo Regional Police Department would like to get across to those people who insist on ignoring "no stopping" signs posted in front of many schools in the Twin Cities. Late last year regional police began a stepped-up campaign of issuing summonses to violators of the “no stopping" regulation, which brought tl-ies of protest from those nabbed who generally pleaded ignorance of the rules and/or the fact they hadn't been fingered before for violations. Waterloo Regional Police lnsp. Ed Relha said late last week the campaign for stricter enforce- ment was prompted largely by "the chaos” in front of Waterloo collegiate. especially (luring in- sick Gammon Stop to think 'l-tIMI- then stop to drop No etopplng elem an clearly marked in front of city schools, yet tome people, as above last Thursday at Wetedoo collegiate. have!“ seemed to catch on. Stop stopping. Women are being asked to wait until the recession eases. explained Stuhhs. But even during the period of economic boom, nothing was done to close the wage gap. "The question is. when is the right time?" she asked. “The government will either protect employers or show some initiative and protect those who are being Ity,"""'" against. It is a principle of what is alum. h 0." Those who wish to send telegrams should address them to Premier William Davis, Queen's Park, Tttmnto. Postage-ttee letters, hearing the same message. may also be sent. Those who do respond. are asked to report hack to the " Status of Women at 145-1558 (daytime) or 579-4130 so that organizers can see how much response their campaign has generated. T “This implies." said Stubbs. "that in order to gain access to jobs, they (women) must be available to work at lower pay. This Is unaeeeptattte to women in this day and The Jobs will be compared according to the same four basic criteria and a point value assessed to each. But instead of having to score equally in each area, the points are added up. If the female employee's cumulative total is the same or higher than that of the male, she will win her case. "This rationalizes the basis for wages and takes out the discriminatory component," said Stubbs. "rt helps women get a fairer wage claim of what their work is worth to the employer." The campaign was sparked by the recent comments of Ontario Labor Minister Russell Ramsey that equal pay for work of equal value might be too costly for the employer to implement in dimeult economic times. 7 One" of Ramsey's arguments against the legislation was that it might reduce employment opportunities for women. . for work of equal value is the answer. This legislation has already been successfully implemented in the province of Quebec and by the federal government (federal employ- ees only). Equal value legislation would enable a woman to have the content of her job compared to that of a male who is doing a different job within the same establishment. Thus, a female switchboard operator, who feels that her job requires more skill and involves more Pressure than the job of a male parking attendant who earns more money, can take her claim to the ETplovtstandards Branch. "If the signs say no stopping, they mean exactly that. The entire street is not assigned no stopping, it's Just in front of the school ... it's just a matter of kids having to walk another 100 feet or so - which isn't too much to ask when it's their safety we’re...wor- tied about." . At some schools, the problem is almost non-existent, said Beiha, but at others, the no stopping signs are still often completely ig- clement weather. h. "There shouldn't be anyone complaining, the signs are up. they're plainly visible." said Relha. "Our concern is strictly the safety factor, we're not out to "get" anyone, but we do want to get the message across that the bylaw is there and will be en- forced.