Today and tomorrow, thousands of women will be on strike to continue their long running campaign to win the equal pay they have been denied for too long. For twelve years they’ve fought for equal pay, and yet throughout Glasgow City Council have dragged their heels and failed to pay these incredible public service workers the wage they deserve.
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‘The women are standing up,’ say Glasgow equal pay claimants on eve of strike
Equal pay victory ‘would be an inspiration to millions of other women fighting for better pay’.
Around 8,000 school staff, nursery workers, care workers, caterers and cleaners – the majority of them UNISON members – will walk out on 23 and 24 October in the largest equal pay strike since the Equal Pay Act was passed
Suffragettes will lead Scottish demonstration in continuing struggle over grading system and equal pay
‘Higher education workers deserve fair pay’ conference declares as it sets out plans to build joint pay claim with fellow unions
Today, Reading council – the only local authority in England and Wales to have never settled an equal pay claim – will face 60 women in court, challenging them to cough up the £1.5 million they missed out on by being paid less than their male colleagues for years
Reading council – the only local authority in England and Wales never to settle an equal pay claim – will today (Monday) be challenged in court by more than 60 women owed over £1.5m because they were paid less than their male colleagues for years, says their union UNISON. The women – mostly care workers, […]
Women with children face a wider gender pay gap, says a new report from the Institute of Fiscal Studies
‘Trade unions are a force for good and a force for equality in our society’, Labour leader tells conference
Women are being hit hardest by government cuts and by changes that restrict access to justice, Dave Prentis tells women’s conference
During Heart UNISON week it’s worth remembering that while taking strike action is never easy, the results can make a huge difference to people’s lives
‘Work with us, in partnership with employers rather than as adversaries, to close the gender pay gap’
Today is the point at which the average woman working full-time starts working for free
More than 1,400 women will benefit after settlement worth millions reached on claims