Canadian Hairdressers Union
Are the hairdressers willing to get together and form an union to save their jobs ?
Does an Union of Hairdressers and Barbers sound good to you in Canada ?
Are the hairdressers affected by the unauthorized competition by salons selling color tubes to public ?
They noticed that a severe amount of chemical services went down, affecting their weekly pay cheque, what can they do about it? Per example, a fair salary based on the amount of years experience, a minimum price required for haircut (salon owner can charge higher but not lower, don't forget it is a trade), haircare and chemical services, special discounts with suppliers on tools, hair industry trade shows.
Respect of minimum wages.
Eliminating the black market that takes our jobs away, the non-tax collectors.
A job board for unionized hairdressers that salon owners will pay for posting a job in the salon industry, per city. It could be hairstylist, haircolor technician, salon manager, texture specialist, sales representative ( it will make sense that they need to be licensed ), etc.
Canada should have a union controlled by a Chairman where the hairdressers have a chance to keep their job. Perhaps a local chairman could be named for each of the Canadian provinces that do carry a Cosmetology Act, except Quebec. The Province of Quebec does not have a Cosmetology Law, so it is a free for all in the hair industry, lots of jobbers.
Canada does not have an union of hairdressers but with what we have read with other countries such as Belgium, Netherlands, UK and Russia, it could be possible. Perhaps a dream could come through if the hairdressers proud of their trade could stand up, and reducing the amount of jobbers that pretend to be hairdressers, a shame for our industry.
Understand that people does not like to pay union dues but this could save your job on the long term. No job, no money, and no money, no enjoyment of life. Of course, these union dues will be deducted from income tax, and could be direct deposit for a minimum payment per month. Appreciate Canadian hairdressers input only. The reason is that many countries do regulate the Cosmetology, Hairdressing differently.
Appreciate your thoughts.
Does an Union of Hairdressers and Barbers sound good to you in Canada ?
Are the hairdressers affected by the unauthorized competition by salons selling color tubes to public ?
They noticed that a severe amount of chemical services went down, affecting their weekly pay cheque, what can they do about it? Per example, a fair salary based on the amount of years experience, a minimum price required for haircut (salon owner can charge higher but not lower, don't forget it is a trade), haircare and chemical services, special discounts with suppliers on tools, hair industry trade shows.
Respect of minimum wages.
Eliminating the black market that takes our jobs away, the non-tax collectors.
A job board for unionized hairdressers that salon owners will pay for posting a job in the salon industry, per city. It could be hairstylist, haircolor technician, salon manager, texture specialist, sales representative ( it will make sense that they need to be licensed ), etc.
Canada should have a union controlled by a Chairman where the hairdressers have a chance to keep their job. Perhaps a local chairman could be named for each of the Canadian provinces that do carry a Cosmetology Act, except Quebec. The Province of Quebec does not have a Cosmetology Law, so it is a free for all in the hair industry, lots of jobbers.
Canada does not have an union of hairdressers but with what we have read with other countries such as Belgium, Netherlands, UK and Russia, it could be possible. Perhaps a dream could come through if the hairdressers proud of their trade could stand up, and reducing the amount of jobbers that pretend to be hairdressers, a shame for our industry.
Understand that people does not like to pay union dues but this could save your job on the long term. No job, no money, and no money, no enjoyment of life. Of course, these union dues will be deducted from income tax, and could be direct deposit for a minimum payment per month. Appreciate Canadian hairdressers input only. The reason is that many countries do regulate the Cosmetology, Hairdressing differently.
Appreciate your thoughts.
posted by La Haircut Mobile @ 7:25 p.m.
6 Comments:
At Saturday, 18 March, 2006,
La Haircut Mobile said…
Thanks for your comment Costa,
Being in this beauty industry industry for over 21 years, I have seen an evolution on technology about Beauty haircare but also we went down the hill in other issues such as health and safety especially for pregnant woman, psychological harassment, black market, frequency of inspection in hair salons, spas and barbershops, and minimum wages.
Where the money goes from the every 3 years renewal of Ontario hairdressers license ? I do not know but it certainly does not go where it belongs i.e. in our Canadian beauty industry to protect our jobs, our trade.
Sorry to tell but I am no longer living in Ottawa. I did recently move back to Alberta, south of Calgary. The reason is that the Ontario Ministry of Education and training was giving me a hard time. I had an apprentice hairstylist working at my salon. At the time of the registration of the apprentice at my salon back in February 2005, the Ministry representative noticed I did not renew my Ontario Hairdressing Licence for many years. I told her I do not need it because I had the red seal certification. The discussion was closed. Because I do possess an inter-provincial license, I do not need to pay any extra money to Ontario Government to renew my hairdressing license that will allow me to work in the Province of Ontario. Upon acceptance that I was a trainer for hiring an apprentice with the representative, she did not talk more about the renewal of the license. BUT WHAT WENT AS A CATASTROPHY IS WHEN MY APPRENTICE WENT AT THEIR BUREAU WITH HIS APPRENTICE BOOK WITH 2,000 HOURS TRAINING COMPLETED. I received a phone call from the Ministry verbally stating they refused me as a trainer because I did not pay my dues for my hairdresser license, and said I was practicing my trade illegally. To validate his 2,000 hours, he had to find another licensed hairdresser to sign it, not so easy to do. In other words, my trainee could not have all his hours recognized so he could not do the provincial exam to get his license. He was pretty upset, and you would have probably been too if you would have been an apprentice. Enough said, this was the cherry on the sunday. So it was time to get out of this province and go to where my Red Seal Certification is already recognized. And Alberta is one of them - because I worked there few years ago -.
Beside the point, we could still keep in touch and perhaps make a proposal to the Federal Government. The Ontario Government does not seem to take the hairdressers seriously. They are so scared to fine the jobbers as well as the hair salon owners that do hire the jobbers. If the Ontario Ministry does verify all the stylist license for hairdressers in Ottawa, they could have big surprises.
In my opinion, the only thing that this provincial government is trying to do it to get more and more money through licensing.
We should not have any expiring date on the license.
Beside the point, should there be a basic weekly guaranteed wages in case that the stylist does not get much for being paid as commission rates ?
Perhaps, an union where the members will be proud to work with. And the local union could defend their rights to earn decent wages and working in normal conditions ( appropriate ventilation, psychological harassment, etc ).
Concerning health and safety in salons and spas. Some haircoloring products with low ammonia are fine to work when a woman is pregnant. But the stylists do not always know that information. Products such as bleach and some nail polishs brands could generate fumes, and with a poor ventilated area, it could be harmful to the stylist health. How often you see the manicurist performing manicure wearing a mask when the customer does not have a mask...
In the mean time, I created a new journal where I also wrote an article about the Canadian Hairdressers Union :
http://www.lahaircutmobile.com/journal/story/index.html
You could find my e-mail at my web site www.lahaircutmobile.com
At Sunday, 02 September, 2007,
La Haircut Mobile said…
It is probably legal to work at 17 years old as hairdresser or apprentice hairdresser in that state or Canadian province.
Take the Province of Alberta as example, they could work at 14 years old. In Ontario, 18 years old.
As long as they have an Apprentice Card, it is legal. So that hairdresser that could be apprentice must carry her card with her.
They could do their hairdressing school after they have completed the hours requirements par the apprenticeship board i.e. 1400 hours, 1500 hours or perhaps 2000 hours. It all depends where the person lives.
Once the amount of hours is completed, they could do hairdressing school training. Then their theory and pratical exams for licensing. Sometimes, it is only required to do theory exam to get your license (Province of Ontario)
At Thursday, 20 December, 2007,
doda said…
I am a brazilian barber,i´d like to know if my certificate has some value in Canada..and if not ,may i try an apprentice program..is that easy to find? please tell me the steps i have to do until have a legal work as barber or hairdresser in Canada.Thank you.
Eduardo.
At Wednesday, 04 March, 2020,
Unknown said…
Great Info.. Thanks for sharing.
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At Wednesday, 08 September, 2021,
BDog said…
Where do I complain about a hair cut?
At Tuesday, 03 October, 2023,
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