Takes Your Breath Away
Every so often the hypocrisy of the unions takes your breath away.
The latest attempt to steal Action 4 Equality's clothes - follows another major success in the big test case in Birmingham City Council.
The reality is that the unions are shamelessly trying to re-write history - by portraying themselves as champions of equal pay.
Of course, this is complete baloney - the trade unions have actually been part of the problem - a real barrier to change for many years.
Because these are the same unions that negotiated the 'male only' bonus schemes - in the first place - not just in Birmingham, but right across the country.
In Birmingham, pay differentials were right off the Richter scale - unbelievable almost - with bonuses worth 160% on top of basic pay - but only for those employed in traditional male jobs.
The trade unions negotiated these bonus schemes - but then chose to keep women workers in the dark - about the huge pay differences between male and female groups.
The truth is that workers in Birmingham only found out they were being taken for a ride - because Action 4 Equality began to highlight the big pay differences between male and female jobs.
The trade unions understood the scale of the problem - because that's why they signed up to the Single Status Agreement - which promised to end the 'second class' status of many female dominated jobs .
But no one challenged the widespread pay discrimination in Birmingham effectively - in the courts - until Action 4 Equality appeared on the scene several years later.
Sound familiar?
The latest attempt to steal Action 4 Equality's clothes - follows another major success in the big test case in Birmingham City Council.
The reality is that the unions are shamelessly trying to re-write history - by portraying themselves as champions of equal pay.
Of course, this is complete baloney - the trade unions have actually been part of the problem - a real barrier to change for many years.
Because these are the same unions that negotiated the 'male only' bonus schemes - in the first place - not just in Birmingham, but right across the country.
In Birmingham, pay differentials were right off the Richter scale - unbelievable almost - with bonuses worth 160% on top of basic pay - but only for those employed in traditional male jobs.
The trade unions negotiated these bonus schemes - but then chose to keep women workers in the dark - about the huge pay differences between male and female groups.
The truth is that workers in Birmingham only found out they were being taken for a ride - because Action 4 Equality began to highlight the big pay differences between male and female jobs.
The trade unions understood the scale of the problem - because that's why they signed up to the Single Status Agreement - which promised to end the 'second class' status of many female dominated jobs .
But no one challenged the widespread pay discrimination in Birmingham effectively - in the courts - until Action 4 Equality appeared on the scene several years later.
Sound familiar?
