Hundreds gathered at vigils in Kitchener and Waterloo follow shootings at a Queer nightclub in Orlando. Suzie Taka delivered the following speech in Waterloo Square. The text has been lightly edited.
I was glad to read Marc Xuereb’s article, “Union Fights WLU Sub-Contracting,” in your January issue. In the future, I would appreciate reporting about the gendered wage gap in Ontario.
In my work I’ve noticed different ways that the gender wage gap is institutionalized and/or perpetuated—this is not strictly a dollars and cents issue.
