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The International Wages for Housework Campaign was co-founded in 1972 by  Selma James, Mariarosa Dalla Costa, Silvia Federici, and Brigitte Galtier, and was organized around the principle that women should be paid for performing the socially necessary labour of housework and childcare. The Toronto Wages for Housework Committee, established in 1975, became one of the largest and most active in Canada.

From the “Wages for Housework – All Women Are Houseworkers” pamphlet:

“The Toronto Wages for Housework Committee is part of a network of groups of women fighting for wages for housework in other cities in Canada…Women are workers too. We work for no pay in our homes and for low pay in offices, shops and factories. But we’re not going to for much longer.”

The Waitresses’ Action Committee formed from Wages for Housework. They were fighting for an increase in wages for workers who served alcohol (including waitresses). Since the majority of people serving alcohol were women, the group also supported Wages for Housework.

Wages for Housework Documents

	Title	Date	Region
	Brief on the Minimum Wage and a “Tip Differential”	--	Ontario
	Hands Off the Family Allowance	--	Ontario
	Hands Off the Family Allowance – May 1st	--	Ontario
	Letter – Montreal Conference (1975)	1975	Quebec
	Letter – Petition (May 1977)	1977	Ontario
	Lorna Boschman – Feminist Stand-up Comedienne	--	Ontario
	Mayday in Toronto	1975	Ontario
	Money for Waitresses is Money for All Women!	--	Ontario
	More Money for Women!	--	Ontario
	Notes on the Women’s Movement	--
	Petition for Wages for Housework	--
	Tentative Outline for the Statement	--	Ontario
	Wages for Housework	--	Ontario
	Wages for Housework – All Women Are Houseworkers	--	Ontario
	Wages for Housework – Facts	1976	Ontario
	Wages for Housework – International Women’s Day Celebration	1978	Ontario
	Wages for Housework – Mother-Led Union	--	Ontario
	Wages for Housework March	--	Ontario
	Wages for Housework Press Release	1975	Ontario
	Waitresses’ Action Committee Letter	1977	Ontario
	Women Speak Out: May Day Rally Toronto	1975	Ontario
	Women’s Work is Never Done	--	Ontario