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Women are highly disadvantaged as unpaid health care workers: York U sociology professor

TORONTO, February 7, 2013 — As unpaid care workers, women are contributing significantly to an underground economy to the tune of $51 billion in the health and social service industry, compared to the $42 billion paid labour. But the issue is much bigger than that, says York University Sociology Professor Pat Armstrong. “Unpaid health care […]