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@pjcdn2005 wrote:
As far as.i know the cupw made no mention of the gender equality issue until the last week or so. Up until then, they referred to the difference in pay between rural and urban but Not mention that it was a gender issue. My memory could be wrong but I don't remember them mentioning gender equality in 2011 either so I think that gender was bought up as a red herring only.
2011 isn't 2015 or 2016, though. Ask Justin. 
I think CUPW's point is that the work of rural workers is devalued compared to that of urban workers and it's no coincidence that rural workers are largely women. Following that line through, the work of most female-dominated professions tends to be devalued. Note that as males make up a smaller and smaller proportion of those in teaching, teachers are having a harder time keeping afloat, at least here in British Columbia, and certainly in many US states.
"Male jobs" are seen as having a certain skill set, "female jobs" a different skill set. The male skill set is generally considered--often erroneously--to be superior.
There was one a week or so back that Rose-dee missed.
She needed, ahem, re-education.
@sylviebee wrote:@marnotom! wrote:
I think CUPW's point is that the work of rural workers is devalued compared to that of urban workers ...................
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What are the job requirements for delivering mail in a rural setting? You have to have a valid driver's licence and a car. Perhaps the most demanding aspect of the job is that you have to be willing to hit the road even when driving conditions are poor.
In other words, it's a job that almost anyone can do well. I doubt that other jobs which are similarly demanding come with comparable pay or benefits. It's basically a minimum wage job.
In any contract negotiations, both sides come in with an extended grocery list of "demands".
Within that list are the important ones, and then there are the "throw-aways".
Focusing on one item, that may be a throw away, misses the point of the whole negotiation.
The union's job is to get as many full time employees as possible, highest pay, enhanced benefits, good pension. Pretty much what any employee, anywhere, wants.
CP's job, in negotiation, is the exact opposite. Pretty much what every employer wants.
@mr.elmwood wrote:There was one a week or so back that Rose-dee missed.
She needed, ahem, re-education.
Yup, duly retrained, Mr. E., thank you.
So, umm, now can I get that wage hike? 
Oh yeah, I nearly forgot, what about that extra week of vacation? Maybe you could throw in a defined pension too?
I toiled 35 years for my defined benefit pension. Thing is worth it's weight in gold.
I accepted less in wages. I accepted less in advancement. I accepted less in a lot of things to get the pension. The pension did not come without a price.
To get the pension, you have to give up other things.
Everyone knows by now that MR E worked for 35 years at the Liquor Store in Manitoba
