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