2023-07-28 17:49:25
Step forward in the fight Canada women’s team for their labor rights. The players of the national team have announced an agreement with the Federation, which they have been negotiating for more than a year, to receive a payment for his participation in the World Cup. “On Monday, July 24, we reached a provisional agreement with Canada Soccer to compensate our team for 2023, including the allocation of prize money for the FIFA Women’s World Cup,” the letter begins, stating that, in order to achieve said Agreement, they have had to give up salary parity with respect to the men’s team.
“As the Canada Soccer’s financial limitationswe have seen each other forced to choose between compensation and the funding needed to organize training camps. We have been forced to choose between receiving a fair share of the rewards of our teams’ World Cup successes and our commitment to equal pay and treatment with our Men’s National Team. These are decisions we shouldn’t have had to make.“, they point out in the statement released through social networks.
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While waiting to play the last day of the group stage against Australia, the players are still immersed in a dispute in the offices. “We are deeply disappointed to find ourselves without a fuller agreement at this crucial stage in our timetable. While many important points remain to be negotiated in the future with Canada Soccer, we have worked with Canada Soccer to ensure that this interim compensation agreement guarantees, at a minimum, the equal pay with our Men’s National Teamwithin the limitations created by the financial situation of Canada Soccer,” they add.
“This is not over –they cry–. We and the men’s national team remain committed to finding a long-term solution that provides fair and equitable treatment for our current national teams and investments in the future of Canadian soccer, but for now, our team just wants to focus on football“, they conclude.
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