Submission to the Labour Program, Employment and Social Development Canada: A Modern Fair Wages Policy

Institution	Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT)
Titel	Submission to the Labour Program, Employment and Social Development Canada: A Modern Fair Wages Policy
Quelle	(2018), (4 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Work Environment; Postsecondary Education; Unions; Teacher Salaries; Wages; Employment Practices; Employment Problems; Public Policy; Federal Government; Labor Conditions; Equal Opportunities (Jobs); Compliance (Legal); College Faculty; Canada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Arbeitsmilieu; Post-secondary education; Tertiäre Bildung; Lehrerbesoldung; Lehrervergütung; Wage; Löhne; Berufspraxis; Beschäftigungssituation; Öffentliche Ordnung; Bundesregierung; Arbeitsbedingungen; Equal opportunity; Equal opportunities; Job; Jobs; Chancengleichheit; Beruf; Fakultät; Kanada
Abstract	The Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) represents 72,000 academic staff at universities and colleges across the country. CAUT strives for fair working conditions, compensation and benefits to foster quality teaching and innovative research while advancing equity and human rights within our profession. Many of the institutions where members work contract with the federal government to deliver educational services, such as research and training. As post-secondary education is an employment sector with high union density, it is known that the existence of a collective agreement does not automatically protect workers from employers seeking to lower labour standards. The government's commitment to implement a modern fair wages policy is welcome. It supports the government's broader decent work agenda and will assist in ensuring that workers who do business with the federal government have fair wages and working conditions. This submission responds to the following questions: (1) Who should be covered by the policy?; (2) What should the policy require?; and (3) How should the policy be enforced? Through a fair wage policy, the federal government can leverage public spending to support important socioeconomic goals, including improved labour conditions and greater equality of income. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Canadian Association of University Teachers. 2705 Queensview Drive, Ottawa, ON K2B 8K2, Canada. Tel: 613-820-2270; Fax: 613-820-7244; e-mail: acppu@caut.ca; Web site: http://www.caut.ca
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01