PRECARIOUS PUBLIC SECTOR HAS SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES FOR WOMEN

Many of us are familiar with, and perhaps almost resigned to, the idea that a lot of jobs these days are precarious. We are used to hearing about precarious work, with its low wages, lack of bene戄ts, unpredictable scheduling and hours, and insecurity. We know — from our own experiences, from our friends' and families' experiences, from news stories and from research — that all sorts of people and families struggle to make ends Manitoba Government Employees Union members at the 2015 Manitoba Federation of Labour conference. Precarious work environments make workers less able and likely to defend their rights, such as by making them afraid to point out health and safety concerns or to unionize.