Status of Women committee  What we're saying is to address it on a local-by-local basis. We're prepared to sit down with the employer on a local-by-local basis and address it. As I said, on the Fraser River, there are 286 people on the list. Eighty-three of those people are women. They deserve their chan

Status of Women committee  The other thing, as I said, is that a lot of the office staff, if they're in the ILWU, are all earning approximately $30 an hour or more. If they're working as non-union workers for the employer, a lot of them are making about $15 an hour. So if they let them join the union, we'l

Status of Women committee  Go ahead, Susan. I'll be after--

Status of Women committee  One of the women who works on the waterfront as a heavy-duty mechanic is the first female Red Seal heavy-duty mechanic in Canada. She works in the Port of Vancouver at DP World. Also, her partner was the first female heavy-duty mechanic instructor in Canada.

Status of Women committee  Thank you.

Status of Women committee  I appreciate your input and your understanding of the issue. That's what we're saying. We're not opposed to dealing with it. We offered to work with the employer on some solutions, on a local-by-local basis, because one size does not fit all, right? The solution in one area is no

Status of Women committee  Okay. As to the number of people who have been disciplined, I'm not sure. One of the most effective ways of ending discrimination is to address it right at the moment that it happens. For instance, on the complaints in the Port of Vancouver that were filed, there are currently t

Status of Women committee  Yes, but engaged directly in longshore, there are fewer than that.

Status of Women committee  There are women in Local--

Status of Women committee  Yes. Women have been elected in the past. The one who was on the Local 500 executive, Shirley Jaco, was one of the first women elected. She has moved on to a supervisory position. She's the only supervisor who is female. Like you say, that's--

Status of Women committee  On discipline, first off, what you have to do is you have to investigate the situation, the allegation. The person could go to the supervisor on the job, either a foreman or a superintendent, and report that they're being harassed on the job or--

Status of Women committee  When they're waiting to be dispatched? Well, the BCMEA controls the dispatch in the Port of Vancouver. It's jointly administered. There's a business agent on duty. People could go up and complain to the business agent or to the dispatch staff, or they could call one of the office

Status of Women committee  Yes.

Status of Women committee  As I stated, in New Westminster, Local 502, there's a list of approximately 286 people. Out of those, 83 are women waiting to be hired. Under the proposal that BCMEA has put forward, they would be eliminated. They would be bypassed. We believe that's wrong. Many of those people h

Status of Women committee  Yes. Because it's not just about bringing people into the workforce. You have to give them the proper training. You have to make them feel comfortable. Like Ms. O'Donnell has stated, we need to do an audit. If you bring people in there and you don't have proper washrooms and pro