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Home My WebLink AboutTimes-Advocate, 1979-09-06, Page 12 (2)Page 12 September 6, 1979 LIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIInInnUunuiiuuuiuiiuniiiiiiiiii�iii�iuiiuiiuiiiniuunnnnnnnuuuunuuuuuuunuunnuuu Jack's Jottings • r y By JACK RIDDELL MPP Huron -Middlesex There has been ,much discussion in recent months about the imbalance in the labour market. resulting from available opportunities and the skills or training of people who are looking for work. Undoubtedly_. our educational system' has - a major res-ponsibility in guiding young people and helping them to recognize and cope with the realities of life today. The changes which affect female members of the labour force are particularly significant. Here in Ontario, more than 50 percent of all women are now working "outside their homes " Some 40 percent of the entire labour force is female. and women earn. on the average, a little more than half the average male wage. Indeed. a study made in 1976 showed that a woman with a university degree earns less than S10.000 on the average for full-time work. while men with a degree earn an average of S21,854. Ontario laws require equal pay for equal work.and we have a Human Rights Code which specifically prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex. with respect to all hiring, training or promotion. Yet women in Ontario do not really have equal job opportunities. More than 60 percent are in low-paying clerical. sales and service jobs. while only about 25 percent of working men are so occupied. Difficult as it is to believe in this modern age. there are still a number of myths which persist with respect to "working women". Some people continue to believe for example. that women work for different reasons than do men. Yet several studies have shown that the main m 0 Z 2 M Z 4 4 ►�i:I1'711:u. RLI•Z• 'J1:i(ii motivations are the same for both sexes: economic necessity combined with a basic need for personal satisfaction. The notion that women work only for pin money has little foundation: some 40 percent of working women are breadwinners. It has even been said that women really don't need as much money as men. What logic can be found in such a. statement'. A single woman. has the same expenses as a single man: she pays the same rent, food bills- and taxes. Not all married women have husbands to support them: often they are the main if not the sole wage- eaoner. Thousands of women are struggling against great odds to raise their families as single parents, trying to be both father and mother to their children. In recent years. with high unemployment. it has even been. charged that women are taking jobs away from men who have families to support. However, ac- cording to Ontario's Minister of Labour. if every Ontario married woman handed her job over to an unemployed man, there would still be about 800,011,0 jobs left over. mostly jobs which men are not trained to do. Studies have demon- strated all too clearly that there is no validity to the idea that women are un- satisfactory employees because they have high absenteeism and turnover rates. There is no significant difference between either rate for men and women at similar levels. One major Canadian study actually showed that while women may have slightly more short-term absences than men, men have more lengthy absences. Have you ever heard statements such as "women fall apart under pressure". "they simply aren't temperhmentally suited to hold, down responsible jobs?Studies carried out in the United States have come up with some very interesting fin- dings in this connection. Male employees lose their tempers twice as often as female employees. When they do so they shout, bang their desks, slam doors and drive erratically. Women, on the other hand, when they lose their tempers seldom do any of these things, although they have been known to cry. Are a woman's tears a greater indicator of lack of control, of "emotionalism". than a man shouting, banging and driving erratically? What about the idea that it's a waste of time training or giving extra responsibility to a woman employee. because she'll probably get married and or pregnant, and the employer's in- vestment will have been wasted' The fact of the matter is. of course. that women in the thousands are working full-time during their child-bearing and child - raising years. At this moment in time. almost 66 percent of Ontario women between the ages of 20 and 44 are in the labour force. Some 62 percent of them are married. In fact, more than 50 percent of all Ontario wives work. Ontario's Minister of Labour has defined what his Ministry considers to be the goals of the women's movement, including the need to increase the options, for women. and– con- sequently for men, the im- portance of removing the labels "male" or "female" from certain jobs. The Ministry's Women's Bureau is a resource centre. offering individual counselling, as well as support.- and en- couragement to community agencies. A wide range of materials is published to inform workers and employers of their rights and respon- sibilities. The Bureau has launched an Affirmative Action Consulting Service because many employers and unions, while obeying the letter of the law, still discriminate in many .dif- ferent and subtle ways. The main object of the exercise is, of course, to increase,the pool of qualified women available for. hiring and promotion, and to ensure that qualified women have equal access to employment. If these aims can be achieved. not only women, but all Ontarians will benefit. A&H SUPERIOR FOOD MARKET ►_� 1111T1 11.1 II • • i .. - _ -4 Al • ERIOR FOOD MAR BACK TO SCHOOL — While summer like conditions are still here. it's back to the halls of learning for the students of the area. Heading for Exeter Public School Tuesday iiiorning were Pat and Karen Hartman. T -A photo Michigan pair winS1,000 B. Glahan and D Kahl of Detroit. Michigan were the winners of a $1,000 bill last Saturday at the Zurich Bean Festival. The draw: was_ sponsored by the Stephen Eckert Council of the Sea forth and istrict Knights of Columbus. Second prize of $200 was won:by Austin Hartman of Goderich while the third prize of $100 went to Margaret Hansbergen of RR 2. Tillsonburg. Assisting with the' draw were past Grand Knight Phil Durand and Rene Brochu; program chairman who chose a young girl from the gathering to draw the winning tickets. According to council ac- tivity chairman John Paul Rau the proceeds from the draw will go to the various charities supported by the council Fauls back from Hawaii By MRS. HAROLD DAVIS KIRKTON Mr. and Mi's. Gerald Paul have returned home from a holiday in Hawaii. Mrs. J. McCormick spent the weekend with her sister Mr. and Mrs. John Han- nimon and family, of Ren- frew. Mr. and Mrs. Burns Blackler visited Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Harold Henry and Jeff and Mrs. Wm. J. Blackler at their cottage at Point Clarke. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Berry and Elizabeth, Toronto are visiting with their parents Mr. and Mrs. Earl Berry and Donald. Stuart Shier has returned home from a trip to British Columbia. Mrs. Joan Massicotte and Jim, Toronto Mrs. Vi Martindale and Ann, New Liskeard,Mr. and Mrs. Bill Martindale and family, London and Mr. and Mrs. Bill Atthill RR 1 St. Marys visited during the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Norris Atthill and Mrs. Jarvis. Mr. and Mrs. Gary Ballard and Craig, Mississauga and Kevin Stephen, RR 1 St. Marys were weekend visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Rea Stephen. EXTEND SERVICE The Canadian Horne Insulation Program (C.H.I.P.) office serving the Province of Ontario is tending its telephone ser- vice. - Effective immediately, to handle increased public interest in the program, persons residing within the districts classified by telephone area codes 519, 613 and 705 may contact C.H.I.P. office by dialing direct to the new toll-free number: 1-800- 268-1818. Long distance calls from the 416 area code may also call this toll-free number. The regular C.H.I.P. telephone number. 416-789- 0671, will also be more widely available to the public by the addition of several lines. Further enquiries may also be made in writing to: C.H.I.P. P.O. Box 1270 Station "T" Toronto, Ontario M6B 4A4 We'll Do the Job . Right... 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