Re: Why I send these out -- was Re: Here's another winner - guess the pay

[Suzette Leeming <suzette -dot- leeming -at- gmail -dot- com>]

That is the question of the day it seems, and not likely to happen any time
soon. Especially not when the Canadian government introduces pay equity
laws, then fights in court for years to avoid having the pay their staff
according to the very same rules.

Relevance to techwriting (so we won't get on the list moderator's naughty
list) - I chose this profession in 1995 because there was no pay inequity
between genders. I'm noticing lately though that males tend to make approx.
10% these days. Put together with the attempt of companies to downgrade the
pay scale for our profession, it's cause for concern.



On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 4:12 PM, Kat Kuvinka <katkuvinka -at- hotmail -dot- com> wrote:

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> >
> <Snip>
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> >
> > If this sounds a bit like organizing and the unions, it is. Yes, there is
> > corruption and there is often unfair protection of worthless people, but
> > this was how you got to work 40 hour weeks, this is how you didn't get
> fired
> > for being sick and actually got sick days, this is how you got vacation,
> > this is how you got some security in work with seniority. If you don't
> stand
> > up and help your fellow tech writer, eventually everyone will fall.
> >
>
> Huh. Now, how do we get women to be paid as much as men?
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