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
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♡ UNISON: because we fight for equal pay
‘Work with us, in partnership with employers rather than as adversaries, to close the gender pay gap’
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The 50-year pay gap
The UK is now on track to close the pay gap with men. A girl born this week will see equal pay between men and women in her lifetime. Good news indeed – although she’ll have to wait till the time she…Read more…
Today is a crucial day in the calendar – today is equal pay day
Today is the point at which the average woman working full-time starts working for free
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Shrink the gender pay gap: Join a union #PayGapPledge
Today is Equal Pay Day, the day that the average woman stops earning compared to the average man because of the gender pay gap. To mark the day, the TUC has publicised figures highlighting what a…Read more…
UNISON wins equal pay settlement for Fife women
More than 1,400 women will benefit after settlement worth millions reached on claims
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UNISON wins £ multi-million compensation for 1400 women in Fife Council
Date: Wednesday 28 October 2015
UNISON has reached a multi million pound settlement with Fife Council for over 1400, mainly low paid women UNISON members, for their equal pay claims.
UNISON members will now be properly recompensed for historic discriminatory pay practices within Fife Council. It is a deal worth £millions and will include compensation for members back pay in some cases toRead more…
Suffragettes in the spotlight
A team of women filmmakers have brought the story of the suffragette movement to the big screen, with a very special woman among the extras
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Brave in Dagenham
Behind the group of great women in the famous 1968 strike at Ford’s Dagenham plant there was a man. Bernie Passingham – who has died aged 90 – played a crucial role as TGWU convenor in…Read more…
UNISON on latest workforce stats showing women in UK universities mostly in low-paid jobs
Unison has condemned the latest workforce statistics published by Universities UK that show that women make up 54 per cent of the total higher education workforce, but despite this 63 per cent of…Read more…
Part-time poverty
Earning below the living wage is the norm for part-time women workers in more than 130 parliamentary constituencies, according to new research carried out by the TUC to mark Part-time Equal Pay Day….Read more…
Evaluate or discriminate? Why job descriptions matter
I was interviewed by “Inside Housing” magazine for an interesting piece published last Friday titled “What’s in a name?”
A small Housing Association in High Wycombe, called “Red Kite” had asked its staff to write its own job descriptions and create th…Read more…