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RSS FeedsWomen in precarious job situations vulnerable to workplace harassment
(The Star Toronto Raptors)

 
 

8 december 2018 21:49:50

 
Women in precarious job situations vulnerable to workplace harassment
(The Star Toronto Raptors)
 


A Toronto legal clinic dedicated to female victims of violence now has some extra financial backing to advocate for women facing harassment and coercion in the workplace due to their precarious job status.The Barbra Schlifer Commemorative Clinic, which uses its legal might to advocate for women’s rights, is one of seven agencies benefiting from an extra infusion of funding — $1.5 million — from United Way Greater Toronto over three years as part of the United Way’s effort to tackle a range of community challenges linked to poverty.The cash allocations, being pulled from the United Way’s annual fundraising campaign account, are being divvied up among community agencies spearheading initiatives tailored toward taking on a broad scope of community issues: from youth homelessness, to supporting LGBTQ2S survivors of violence and affordable housing.Barbra Schlifer is charged with the women’s issues file, and the clinic’s executive director, Amanda Dale, said the $300,000 earmarked over three years will go a long way to fuelling a campaign against workplace harassment, which comes on the heels of a surging #MeToo movement. “The United Way’s tone-setting study — Getting Left Behind — shows that those who are stuck in the labour system at low levels of compensation are racialized women with precarious work,” Dale said. “In our experience, women in those jobs are more prone to harassment, coercion and sexual violence.”Since #MeToo began, Barbra Schlifer’s has seen an 84 per cent hike in its overall request for services. Dale speculates a key driver in the spike “is the overall climate in being able to finally speak out.”The number of women seeking a variety of assistance jumped to 7,000 in March 2018 from 4,700 in the fiscal year ending March 2017.“One of the notable areas of growth is specifically from women in precarious work situations who are being harassed and ...


 
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