|
Table 15.
Union membership in selected industries by sex
(Canada, 1976)
|
_________ |
____Men__ |
______ |
________ |
__Women__ |
_______ |
| |
Total |
Union |
|
Total |
Union |
|
|
employed |
members |
% |
employed |
members |
% |
| Industry |
(thousands)
|
_________ |
______ |
(thousands)
|
_________ |
________ |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Manufacturing |
1,542 |
705 |
46% |
556 |
161 |
29% |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Construction |
685 |
301 |
44 |
47 |
4 |
9 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Trade/commerce |
1,053 |
88 |
8 |
716 |
44 |
6 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Transportation, |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| communications, |
709 |
365 |
51 |
173 |
45 |
43 |
| utilities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Services |
1,123 |
337 |
30 |
1,655 |
417 |
25 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Public administration |
486 |
307 |
63 |
235 |
130 |
55 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| All industries l. |
6,449 |
2,202 |
34 |
3,859 |
840 |
22 |
| Sources: |
Labour Canada, Rights in Employment, Women in the labour
force: Facts and figures, |
|
1976 edition. (Ottawa: Supply
& Services Canada, 1976). |
| |
|
| |
Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey Division, The
labour force: 1976 annual averages (December 1976). (Ottawa: Statistics
Canada, 1976). |
Comment: .
The proportion of women workers who are members of unions is
lower than for men in every industry. Since 1972, the percentage of unionized
women has decreased in manufacturing, transportation and public administration
industries. This means that newly hired workers in these industries are not
unionized. The percentage has increased in construction and service
industries.
1. Including categories not shown separately in the
table. |