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🗞️ACTU Advocates for 9% Pay Rise on Equal Pay Case Anniversary

🗞️ACTU Advocates for 9% Pay Rise on Equal Pay Case Anniversary

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The Equal Pay Case of 1974, a significant turning point in the fight for gender equality, is being commemorated for 50 years today by the Australian union movement.The Arbitration Commission's historic ruling on May 2, 1974, put an end to the unfair practice of having different minimum wages for men and women and established the groundwork for equal compensation for equal labour.In the Equal Pay Case of 1974, the idea of the "family wage" was contested, and the idea that women should be paid equally for equal work was upheld. Trade unionists Edna Ryan, Muriel Heagney, and their allies had been fighting for equal pay for many years before the ruling.Even though there is a legal framework in place for equal pay, real equality in practice is still difficult to achieve. Working women still confront structural discrimination and pay disparities because their labour is still undervalued, especially in feminised industries.ACTU Secretary Sally McManus stated: "We are recommitting ourselves to the continuous fight for fair pay and dignity for workers who are underappreciated and underpaid, and we are honouring the legacy of union women who fought for equal pay today.

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"Companies' resistance to raising the wages of working women is similar to their previous resistance to progressive wage reforms. Employer groups now find themselves on the wrong side of history, as they did in the past. She stated.

"Our push for a 9% pay rise in key feminised industries is part of a wider struggle to close the gender pay gap and build a future where all workers are treated with the respect and dignity they deserve." She also mentioned

Closing the gender pay gap and making sure women are fairly compensated for their contributions to the workforce are ongoing goals, and the ACTU is currently advocating for an interim pay increase of at least 9% in important feminised industries.

The ACTU argued for a 5% increase across all awards in its submission to the Fair Work Commission for the Annual Wage Review. This increase would be further supplemented by at least 4% in occupations that have historically been undervalued based on gender, such as graduate and caring occupations in early childhood education, education and health support services, veterinary care, and home care for the disabled, among other fields.She said “If approved, a full-time caregiver's income could rise by $90 per week, which would be a step towards equal pay pending a thorough evaluation. According to a similar assessment conducted recently in the aged care industry, pay increases of up to 23% were necessary for workers to achieve pay equity.”In light of the Equal Pay Case's 50th anniversary, the trade union movement is reaffirming its dedication to promoting gender equality and creating a society in which each and every employee is respected and valued for the work they do.

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🗞️ACTU Advocates for 9% Pay Rise on Equal Pay Case Anniversary

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