Landmark Case for Equal Pay

The trade union movement has been preparing a landmark case to try to win pay rises for 200,000 women doing some of the nation’s most demanding jobs. The case will be launched today. If successful, it will mean sugnificant pay rises for women who work in women’s refuges, aged care facilities, community centres and counselling services.

The Government has expressed strong in principle support for the case, although it will have to bear much of the cost.