More than £1 billion gained for ladies in equal pay instances this yr, union reveals | EUROtoday

More than £1 billion has been secured by girls staff this yr following profitable equal pay campaigns spearheaded by a outstanding commerce union.

The GMB union revealed that a whole bunch of hundreds of ladies employed in council roles akin to care, cleansing, and catering have traditionally confronted decrease grading or inferior phrases and circumstances in comparison with male-dominated positions like refuse assortment, regardless of the roles being of equal worth.

These funds symbolize cash owed to hundreds of people who had been underpaid for years when put next with their male counterparts.

However, the combat for truthful remuneration continues, with roughly 40,000 claims nonetheless excellent throughout 28 native authorities, which the GMB estimates may quantity to a whole bunch of tens of millions of kilos.

An extra 10,000 new claims are anticipated to be launched all through the present yr.

Rhea Wolfson, the GMB’s head of business relations, mentioned: “Fifty years on from the Equal Pay Act, it should be a source of national shame we have to make these claims.

“But it’s amazing to know more than £1 billion will now be paid to the women who are owed it.

“Employers need to take note in 2026 – wherever GMB sees women being underpaid compared to men, in the public or private sector, we are coming for you.”