There’s never been a more important time to join a union. As 26 billionaires own as many assets as the poorest 50 per cent of the world’s population, ordinary people are finding it harder to make ends meet. Trade unions fight for working people so they get a fairer share of profits, that in turn leads to a healthy economy and stable society. So what do they offer?
If you are a woman at work, the chances are you already know the feeling. You work as hard as the man next to you, and earn less. You take on more at home, and get penalized for it at work. You speak up in a meeting, and get talked over.
IndustriALL Global Union has launched its Pay Equity Toolkit, developed to support trade unions in bargaining for pay equity.
Every union wants to represent all workers. But workers do not all experience work in the same way. A young migrant woman on a temporary contract may face different barriers from an older permanent worker approaching retirement. If unions negotiate, organize and campaign as though every worker experiences work the same way, some members will always be left behind.
IndustriALL Global Union has launched its Pay Equity Toolkit, developed to support trade unions in bargaining for pay equity.
