Lower wages and fewer full-time hours for men in Waterloo Region linked to manufacturing decline

Lower wages and fewer full-time hours for men in Waterloo Region linked to manufacturing decline

Workers at Innovative Steam Technologies in Cambridge, a company that has recently been revitalized by new fabrication orders after they closed in May 2018. – Peter Lee , Waterloo Region Record WATERLOO REGION — The shrinking manufacturing sector in Waterloo Region and much of southwestern Ontario over nearly two decades has contributed to lower overall wages and fewer full-time working hours for men.

A new report from Statistics Canada found that between 2000 and 2015, areas of the province with a high reliance on manufacturing saw full-year, full-time employment for men drop by nine percentage points or more. That includes […]

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