As a #BBC trade union rep I have been involved in dozens of #EqualPay cases since the amazing China editor, #Carrie Gracie, stood up publicly against unequal pay practices in the corporation. If you think you might not be paid equally according to the #Equality act 2010, her book ' #Equal ' (highly recommend) is a practical guide on what to do and a chronicle of this modern day struggle in any workplace https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/carrie-gracie/equal/9781405542494/
Statement from the #BBCFour - Karin Giannone, Kasia Madera, Annita McVeigh and Martine Croxall:
“We are pleased the tribunal has agreed our four discrimination claims should be heard together, claims the BBC’s lawyers tried to split.
We remain committed to seeking equal pay despite the BBC’s lawyers relying on a novel argument to prevent our claims progressing.
We await the judge's written ruling, to which we will give further consideration.”
BBC News Channel Presenters Take Legal Action Citing Age & Gender Discrimination @MartineCroxall, Karin Giannone, Geeta Guru-Murthy, Kasia Madera and Annita McVeigh are all taking #BBCNews to employment tribunal for age and sex discrimination & #equalpay#BBCFive
Today in Labor History March 22, 1972: U.S. Congress sent the Equal Rights Amendment to the states for ratification. It failed. And to this day, women earn 84% of what men do. One of the exceptions is public education, where teachers’ unions have fought and won the right to collectively bargain salaries based on years of experience, not gender. The first ERA was introduced to Congress in 1923. The 1972 had wide bipartisan support, including by presidents Nixon, Ford and Carter, and seemed destined to pass. However, Phyllis Schlafly mobilized conservative women against the amendment, arguing that it would disadvantage housewives, make them eligible for the draft and cause divorcees to lose custody of their children. This killed the ERA in the 1970s. From 2017-2020, several states have ratified the ERA. However, it is uncertain whether these ratifications are legal, since they occurred after the deadlines. Schlafly went on to become a major player in the anti-abortion and anti-feminist and anti-LGBTQ rights movements.
My friend Aparna wrote a stellar piece titled “White Men’s Role In Advancing Equity And Inclusion.” She’s a brilliant woman who is doing exceptional work in the spaces of equity. And she honored me with a request to share some insights, which she included therein. It’s an edifying piece that I highly recommend y’all read.
Today in Labor History March 13, 1979: The Marxist New Jewel movement, led by Maurice Bishop, overthrew the prime minister of Grenada. Bishop led the People’s Revolutionary Government of Grenada until 1983, when he was overthrown and executed in a coup supported by the U.S. Bishop supported anti-racist struggles around the world and the fight to end Apartheid. Under his leadership, Granada gave women equal pay to men and provided paid maternity leave. They also banned sexual discrimination and introduced free public health and literacy programs that brought the national illiteracy rate from 35% down to 5%. The U.S. invaded Granada killed 19 U.S. soldiers and 45 Grenadian. The invasion effectively ended the so-called “Vietnam Syndrome,” where U.S. leaders feared that overt regime change with U.S. boots on the ground would spark large antiwar protests, like those that rocked the nation in the 1960s and early 70s. The Grenada invasion paved the way for much more aggressive interventions like Panama, Iraq, Yugoslavia, Afghanistan, Libya and Syria.
Today in Labor History March 8, 1911: The first modern International Women’s Day was celebrated in Austria, Denmark, Switzerland, Germany and the U.S. IWD has its roots in the suffrage movement of New Zealand, and leftist labor organizing in the U.S. and Europe. The earliest Women’s Days were organized by the Socialist Party of America, in New York, in 1909, and by German socialists in 1910. They chose the date of March 8 in honor of the garment workers strikes in New York that occurred on March 8, in 1857 and 1908. However, the first IWD celebrated on March 8, the current date, was in 1911. The holiday was associated primarily with far-left movements until the feminist movement adopted it in the 1960s, when it became a more mainstream celebration.
Today in Labor History March 8, 1908: Thousands of workers in the New York needle trades (mostly women) launched a strike for higher wages, shorter hours and an end to child labor. They chose this date in commemoration of the 1857 strike. In 1910, German socialist Clara Zetkin proposed to the Second International, that March 8 be celebrated as International Women’s Day to commemorate this strike and the one in 1857.
Today in Labor History March 8, 1857: Women garment workers picketed in New York City, demanding a 10-hour workday, better working conditions, and equal rights for women. In 1910, German socialist Clara Zetkin proposed to the Second International, that March 8 be celebrated as International Women’s Day to commemorate this strike.
The extreme financial problems in #Birmingham are less about the settlement of an #equalpay case & more about the disastrous implementation of an #Oracle IT system.
While this has been discussed publicly in the past, its worth emphasising its critical & central role in Birmingham's problems.... like the #Horizon IT problems at the Post Office, a large multinational #informationtechnology firm seems to be causing havoc with impunity!
Meanwhile in #Birmingham the local; government budgetary crisis has forced the Council to sell £750mn of assets & cut expenditure by £300mn, while gaining exceptional clearance to levy 21% rise in council tax over the next two years.
Caught between a massive #equalpay settlement & a decade of budget attrition from the #Tories, as James Brackley, (Sheffield university) suggests the cuts 'all feels a bit scorched earth' leaving Birmingham Council in a downward doom loop of cuts & crisis.
Was hat #Transformation mit Geschlecht zu tun? Wie hängen #Klimaschutz, Geschlechterrollen und Veränderungen in der Arbeitswelt zusammen? Aufgepasst: Zu diesen Fragen laden wir euch ein, Essay-Beiträge einzureichen – mit der Chance, ein Preisgeld zu gewinnen!
Der #GenderPayGap steht für ein eklatantes Gerechtigkeitsproblem. Aus dem ungleich niedrigeren durchschnittlichen Verdienst im Vergleich zu Männern ergibt sich häufig eine finanzielle Abhängigkeit vom Partner. Und im Alter droht als Konsequenz nicht selten auch noch der #GenderPensionGap – das bedeutet #Altersarmut für viele Frauen.