6. The participation of women in unions and the attitudes of those unions towards women and training programs are two factors which directly affect the accessibility women have to apprenticeship and industrial training programs.

Recommendation: That the CCLOW work with and support women currently involved in the participation of women in unions. That the CCLOW develop a series of workshops on the topic of Womanpower and Training Programs, which would involve the participation of representatives of federal and provincial governments, employers and union personnel, trainees and trainers, plus other interested persons.

7. The methods by which the level and rate of unemployment are calculated; the definition of "unemployed" in the labour force survey; the interpretation of unemployment data; the treatment of unemployed women; and current methods for alleviating unemployment all require further study, to determine how they relate to training opportunities.

Recommendation: That the CCLOW develop a means for further studying concerns related to unemployment and unemployed women.

8. The amount and regulations governing the allocation of Manpower Training Allowances was recently changed. This, in combination with various changes in unemployment insurance benefits, is having an adverse effect on women involved in training programs. Any shortfall in family income as a result of these changes must be made up through provincial and municipal social assistance funds. While the long-range effect of these changes is unknown, we can predict that women will need to deal with an increased number of social welfare officers, with increased difficulties in meeting regulations, and so on.

Recommendation: That the CCLOW take the initiative in developing activities which would allow all interested parties to discuss this and other concerns through a cooperative and collaborative process.

9. Canadian studies on the economic value of education are adverse to women. Recent studies based on both the economic and social value of women's education are inadequate for our purposes or non-existent.

Recommendation: That the CCLOW sponsor studies to examine the economic and social value of the education of women.

10. The Commission, as well as the general public, is inclined to base attitudes and policies on negative stereotypes, ignorance and out-dated criteria of worth about women as learners, as trainees, as employed persons, as unemployed persons, as immigrants, and so on. Much of this is indirect and covert and, as such, hard to change.

Recommendation: That the CCLOW begin a consciousness-raising program aimed at the general public and at those responsible for policy development and implementation within the Commission. That the CCLOW develop contacts at all levels of the Commission's activities at both the federal, regional and local levels.

11. Women are poorly represented at the supervisory and administrative levels and on policy making boards of the Commission.

Recommendation: That the CCLOW support and encourage its members to compete for and accept positions at the supervisory and administrative levels of the Commission and on the policy making boards of the Commission.