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If Abbott wants to woo women, he should start with wages |
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Great article in todays Crikey by Eloise Keating
"During the 1998 Pay Equity Inquiry in New South Wales, Justice Mary Gaudron made the now oft-quoted statement: “We got equal pay once, then we got it again, and then we got it again, and now we still don’t have it.”
Despite being more than a decade old, the statement stands. And while the debate this week has returned to maternity pay for working women, the issue of pay standards remains. Last week, the Australian Council of Trade Unions launched a community and political campaign calling for government intervention and establishing equal pay for women as a major union priority for 2010.
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During the 1998 Pay Equity Inquiry in New South Wales, Justice Mary Gaudron made the now oft-quoted statement: “We got equal pay once, then we got it again, and then we got it again, and now we still don’t have it.”
Despite being more than a decade old, the statement stands. And while the debate this week has returned to maternity pay for working women, the issue of pay standards remains. Last week, the Australian Council of Trade Unions launched a community and political campaign calling for government intervention and establishing equal pay for women as a major union priority for 201
During the 1998 Pay Equity Inquiry in New South Wales, Justice Mary Gaudron made the now oft-quoted statement: “We got equal pay once, then we got it again, and then we got it again, and now we still don’t have it.”
Despite being more than a decade old, the statement stands. And while the debate this week has returned to maternity pay for working women, the issue of pay standards remains. Last week, the Australian Council of Trade Unions launched a community and political campaign calling for government intervention and establishing equal pay for women as a major union priority for 2010.
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