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	Equal pay For branches For members Documents Links Equal pay news Service groups Education Local government Healthcare Business & environment Police staff Community & voluntary For information on bargaining for equality: Equalities zone		What do members need to know? Everybody doing the same work deserves the same pay. Everybody doing work of equal value deserves equal pay. Nobody should be paid less because of their gender. That is a basic principle: one which UNISON is determined to win and defend. "UNISON has a proud history of fighting to achieve equal pay for our members. Our record is second to none," says general secretary Dave Prentis. The union's overall goal has always been to negotiate fair and equal pay through fair and equal grading structures that are sustainable over time. We want to ensure that winning equal pay for members doesn't mean losing jobs and services further down the line. But if negotiation doesn't work, UNISON has never been afraid to litigate on behalf of members. It was through litigation that we won equal pay for 1,500 women at North Cumbria Acute NHS Trust last year. We also went to the courts on behalf of school meals workers in North Yorkshire. And litigation is being pursued for thousands of members in the NHS to secure equal pay following the implementation of Agenda for Change. Agenda for Change in the NHS and Single Status in local government have established the principle of equal pay but there is still a long way to go before the principle is fully implemented as a reality. And even members who have achieved equal pay because of the union's negotiations may be owed back pay for past discrimination. UNISON is fighting hard to ensure workers across all public services get fair treatment and equal pay at work. Letter from UNISON general secretary about equal pay So-called "no win, no fee" lawyers are undermining the union. Read what Dave Prentis, UNISON's general secretary, has to say about them. Download PDF No win, no fee? Firms of "no win, no fee" lawyers have been writing to UNISON members encouraging them to sue their own union over equal pay claims. < Back \| More >		CONTACT DETAILS Equal pay UNISON 1 Mabledon Place London WC1H 9AJ Email: equalpay@unison.co.uk Recent documents New equality legislation - A UNISON briefing UNISON response to government green paper on new equality legislation. New equality legislation - A UNISON briefing Equalities and equal pay This UNISON briefing outlines the current equal pay situation in the public and private sectors and proposes measures to reform current equal pay law. Equalities and equal pay Getting Equal UNISON submission on equal pay to HM Treasury Comprehensive Spending Review, September 2007 Getting Equal All documents >

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