Try answering these ten questions about women at work in the union, and then check out our answer sheet.
1. In 1976, 37% of women whose youngest child was aged three to five were in the paid labour force. By 2004, what had this increased to?
- a. 70%
- b. 42%
- c. 56%
2. The number of women in unions has been rising over the years. In 1966, only 16% of Canadian women workers were unionized. What percentage of women is unionized today (2004)?
- a. 27%
- b. 23%
- c. 32%
3. What was the percentage of unionized male workers in 2004?
- a. 32%
- b. 28%
- c. 40%
4. In 2004, women accounted for what proportion of part-time workers in Canada?
- a. one-half
- b. two-thirds
- c. 7 out of every ten
5. The average earnings of women working full-time, full-year in 2003 compared to men working full-time/full-year was:
- a. 71%
- b. 78%
- c. 87%
6. Women are more likely to miss work because of family responsibilities. In the mid-1980s, women lost on average 4 days of work per year to attend to family. What was the average number of days of missed work because of family commitments in 2004?
- a. 6
- b. 3
- c. 10
7. In 2004, 11% of all Canadians lived below the LICO – Low Income Cut off Line. What percentage of female lone-parent families lived below the LICO or poverty line in that same year?
- a. 38%
- b. 24%
- c. 15%
8. Belonging to a union raised the wages of women of colour in 1999 by:
- a. 21.2%
- b. 27.3%
- c. 34.3%
9. Today, almost two-thirds of the 550,000 CUPE members are women. What percentage of CUPE members were women in 1968?
- a. 33%
- b. 52%
- c. 47%
10. Forty-nine per cent (49%) of CUPE locals with less than 100 members have a woman president. What percentage of CUPE locals of 1,000 or more members have a woman president?
- a. 42%
- b. 36%
- c. 27%
Done? Check out our answer sheet and find out how you did.