A union in BC is asking a Boston Pizza restaurant to reverse a policy that requires female staff to wear skirts at work.
A statement from UFCW 1518, who represent service industry workers, says that several workers at a location in New Westminster reached out to the union about the “sexist policy.”
They added that the employees attempted to take the issue up with management themselves but their requests were ignored.
“Boston Pizza franchise owners have implemented a ‘skirt policy’ that is not only sexist, it objectifies women in their workplace,” said UFCW 1518 President Kim Novak.
“This policy needs to end now. And we are calling on Boston Pizza to ensure that none of their locations ever institutes sexist dress code policies again.”
On March 11, 2021, UFCW 1518 reached out to Boston Pizza to ask that they rescind the sexist policy immediately, however the owner has not taken any action to indicate that he would change the dress code.
The union said that workers are moving forward with a union drive in response to their “many issues.”
They will be voting on joining UFCW 1518 this week.
UFCW 1518 often takes uniform and dress code issues to the bargaining table.
Recently, workers at Clarity Cannabis won the right to have a say in the design of their uniforms when they ratified their first collective agreement.
