UNISON women's equal pay success making the news - and winning support

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A strong editorial in today's Herald newspaper criticised Dumfries & Galloway council's "grudging statement" on UNISON's equal pay victory.

It said the council's apparent stance is exactly what led to the Equal Pay Act in the first place, following the 1968 case of the Ford women machinists.

The similarities with the Ford women in Dumfries led to a situation where "a nursery assistant could look out of the window at a groundsman mowing the grass and know he was entitled to extra benefits and pay while she was not. That could not be fair."

The editorial concludes that it would be entirely wrong for Scottish councils to "perpetuate inequalities that should have been erased from the workplace 40 years ago."

Here's a few more links to coverage of UNISON's historic Supreme Court equal pay victory.

http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/classroom-assistants-win-supreme-court-victory-in-equal-pay-fight-with-council.1372239348

http://news.stv.tv/scotland/230873-thousands-to-share-in-council-compensation-after-equal-pay-court-win/ 

http://news.sky.com/story/1108285/dumfries-female-workers-win-at-supreme-court

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b030jhgk/Reporting_Scotland_26_06_2013/ (about 3 mins 45 secs in)

http://www.itv.com/news/border/story/2013-06-26/dumfries-and-galloway-council-equal-pay-decision/

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2013/jun/26/classroom-staff-equal-pay

http://union-news.co.uk/2013/06/landmark-discrimination-ruling-opens-12m-compensation-for-female-council-workers/ 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-23045072

http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/news/content/view/full/134709

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2349260/Equal-pay-women-ruling-threatens-firms-Millions-handed-right-demand-pay-male-colleagues.html



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