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Women Against the Budget pamphlet

An illustration of three women walking bent over witha board on their heads. The board is piled with boxes labelled with the titles of government bills. The illustration is titled Government Attacks on Women’s Rights and includes a list of eight items.

Kate Braid Fonds, Simon Fraser University.

A handbill itemizes concerns of women after the July 7, 1983 budget and legislative package.

Transcription:

GOVERNMENT ATTACKS ON WOMEN’S RIGHTS
BILL 3 PUBLIC SECTOR RESTRAINT
AND MORE AND MORE
PUBLIC SERVICE LABOUR RELATIONS AMENDMENT BILL 2
EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS AMENDMENT BILL 26
INCOME TAX BILL 4
RESIDENTIAL TENANCY ACT BILL 5
COMPENSATION STABILIZATION PROGRAM BILL 11
EDUCATION FUNDING BILL 6

LNS (artist’s initials)

1. No job security
2. No protection from sexual harassment
3. No housing rights
4. Reductions in services to battered women and low income women
5. No protection from discrimination against lesbians
6. Attacks on the health and economic rights of seniors and disabled women
7. Increased discrimination against immigrant women
8. Increases in the wage gap between men and women