UNIONS, COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AND LABOUR MARKET
OUTCOMES FOR CANADIAN WORKING WOMEN:
PAST GAINS AND FUTURE CHALLENGES

by Andrew Jackson, Senior Economist, Canadian Labour Congress
and Grant Schellenberg, Assistant Director, Canadian Council on Social Development

I INTRODUCTION: UNIONS, LOW PAY, AND EARNINGS INEQUALITY

The major purposes of this paper are, first, to examine the impacts of collective bargaining on labour market outcomes for women workers in Canada, specifically with respect to pay, benefits coverage, the incidence of low pay and the extent of earnings inequality, and, second, to suggest ways in which positive impacts could be extended via the expansion of collective bargaining coverage. This part of the paper briefly reviews the literature on the impacts of collective bargaining on earnings, low pay, and earnings inequality, and Part II provides some background description of the labour market position of Canadian working women. Particular attention is......

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Title: Union And Women
Approximate Word Count: 4552
Approximate Pages: 19 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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