In the year of the Equal Pay and Sex Discrimination Acts, many major unions have started discuss ineir legislation in light of its obvious Tailings and loopnoles The recent national women's conerence ormne General Municipal Workers Union drew up and accepted a detailed set of proposals to plug the loopholes in the Equal Pay Act. The proposals include:
* No employer to be able to take an equal pay claim to a tribunal.
*Equal pay tor equal varue be the paramount cause as recommended by the TUC.
take the broadest possible approach in considering whether work is of a 'broadly similar nature'.
Amendment of a clause allowing inequality where there Is a 'genuine material ence between male and female workers.
* irade unions to be able to claim the lowest male rate and discriminatory pay structures * Trade unions to be able to pay HaNS behalf of members.
Tribunals not to consider which unions object.
At the Scottish women's TUC conference a delegate from the clerical workers' union APEX, Ms Isobel Mcilrov, arqued that equal pay would never be General Council. said that the TUC was redrafting its Women's to in the New Year and would lay More Suress on the rights of part-time women health care cancer screening, and abortion.
or me sort or deodle occurry inside the TrAGe effects of the legislation and nOW the fight for rights can be carried forward. hese debates are develoome as a result of the experiences of the mass of women throughou last year of equality.
in order to begin to assimilate these experiences and debates, me working womens charte Campaign put out a call for a national Rally to Alexandra Palace on 26 Februaround the ON DISCRIMINATION This is gaining support from the women's movement, as it will give women the opportunity to exchange and discuss their experiences through stalls and exhibitions, making to unar day an important event in the life of these movements.
ned Weekly SUDDOTLCIS asked to build support for the Rally and donate monev. ach- anise for Rally Burnley widespread mothers unionists brought Lancashire CounLy councH to a nait earner nis month. They were protesting against speakers, a proposal to raise nursery Tees an enormous wanuary rom tootll Der week Tory-dominated ale Council responded to the protest by calling in the police to 'clear out' the Org- demonstrators. in your tactics have only fuelled the growing and trade has circulated out the county. percent in County But these bullving mittee has been set up, and the Lucas Aerospace shop stewards committee Workers La pennon to trade unions and Labour Parties throughjust a In Preston the Trades Council condemned the use of police to
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