There is
an increasing appetite to deal to the persistent gender pay
gap, the Council of Trade Unions said today.
The New
Zealand Income Survey, out today, shows that average hourly pay
rates for women are still 14 percent lower than for men.
“New Zealand women deserve better than this. The time
has well and truly come to end pay discrimination on the
basis of gender,” CTU secretary Sam Huggard said.
“I have a real sense that the push for equal pay is
gathering huge momentum. Unions are very active on this
issue, including through the historic court case about the
underpayment of women workers in aged care, and several
community, legal and womens organisations are stepping up
their efforts to challenge gender based pay
discrimination.”
“That the gender pay gap is
unmoved this year from 2014 when it was also 14 per cent, is
a wakeup call for action on equal pay,” Sam Huggard
said.
The New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Te Kauae Kaimahi brings together over 350,000 New Zealand union members in 40 affiliated unions. We are the united voice for working people and their families in New Zealand.
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