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UnionsWA congratulates Prime Minister Gillard |
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Tuesday, 07 September 2010 |
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UnionsWA congratulates Julia Gillard on becoming the first female Australian Prime Minister elected to office.
The peak union body in Western Australia welcomes the decision of Independent MPs Tony Windsor and Rob Oakeshott to back the Labor Party in their attempt to form a minority government which now gives the country stability and security to progress on key Government policies such as broadband, climate change, regional infrastructure and education.
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Tuesday, 31 August 2010 |
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Saturday the 4th of September marks Equal Pay Day. This date is representative of the extra 66 days women workers in Australian have to work after the end of the financial year to receive the same average pay check as men.
Pay equity is currently going backwards - in WA the pay gap between men and women is currently a staggering 23%. For information on ways you can recognise Equal Pay Day see the fact sheet below or visit the Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workforce Agency website here.
 equal_pay_day_factsheet.pdf
Also see below for an article on the pay gap by UnionsWA Secretary, Simone McGurk.
Women in Australia won ‘equal pay for work of equal value’ in 1969. Federal legislation to ban discrimination on the basis of sex was introduced in 1984. Despite both these hard-fought for achievements the pay gap between men and women is now higher than it was at the height of the women's liberation movement. It is also growing.
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