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In 1968 women who worked for the Ford plant in Dagenham discovered their pay was significantly less than male workers doing the same work. They struck for equal and despite ridiculing in the press the strike won a near wage parity, and promoted the debate on equal pay for equal work in the UK

Slightly more than one third of the $444.5 million in contracts the Northwest Territories government entered into last fiscal year did not go out to competition. And former Government of the Northwest Territories bureaucrats continue to be popular choices when the government hand picks its contractors.

Carlton Naughton said he continued to defend himself after Chinyelu Browne slashed his face and was unaware that Browne was retreating.

In 1968 women who worked for the Ford plant in Dagenham discovered their pay was significantly less than male workers doing the same work. They struck for equal and despite ridiculing in the press the strike won a near wage parity, and promoted the debate on equal pay for equal work in the UK

Posted: Feb 15, 2021 7:00 AM CT | Last Updated: February 15 Some employees in the Northwest Territories Legislature say it is a toxic working environment, and allege the clerk of the legislature, Tim Mercer, bullies staff. One of the workers is calling on MLAs to fire him. Mercer says the complaints are coming from a small group of disgruntled staff and have already been investigated.(Richard Gleeson/CBC)