Laughing Matters and Laughing Stocks
Union members across the country will be interested to learn about developments at the TUC (Trades Union Congress).
While thousands of women are still fighting for their rights to equal pay - the TUC is preparing to debate - whether high heels should be banned from work.
Oh to be part of that debate!
To point out that the Equal Pay Act has been in force since 1970 - almost 40 years!
To remind delegates that a landmark Single Status Agreement - promising equal pay and a new deal for women council workers in Scotland - was signed a decade ago in 1999.
To ask an impertinent question or two:
"Why has equal pay been such a low priority for the unions for so many years - especially after 12 years of a Labour government?"
"Why do the trade unions prop up a system that pays refuse workers and gardeners - so much more than care workers and classroom assistants?
After debating the real issues facing women at the workplace - and coming up with some honest answers about their appalling track record - the unions should certainly find the time to discuss the merits of high heels versus sensible shoes.
Health & Safety at work is no laughing matter - but if they don't get their act together, the unions are in real danger of becoming a laughing stock with their women members.
While thousands of women are still fighting for their rights to equal pay - the TUC is preparing to debate - whether high heels should be banned from work.
Oh to be part of that debate!
To point out that the Equal Pay Act has been in force since 1970 - almost 40 years!
To remind delegates that a landmark Single Status Agreement - promising equal pay and a new deal for women council workers in Scotland - was signed a decade ago in 1999.
To ask an impertinent question or two:
"Why has equal pay been such a low priority for the unions for so many years - especially after 12 years of a Labour government?"
"Why do the trade unions prop up a system that pays refuse workers and gardeners - so much more than care workers and classroom assistants?
After debating the real issues facing women at the workplace - and coming up with some honest answers about their appalling track record - the unions should certainly find the time to discuss the merits of high heels versus sensible shoes.
Health & Safety at work is no laughing matter - but if they don't get their act together, the unions are in real danger of becoming a laughing stock with their women members.
