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Following success, female workers have received over £1bn in funding this year Equal pay for equal work A movement initiated by prominent trade unions.
this Special bus Unions have revealed that hundreds of thousands of women in council jobs such as care, cleaning and catering have historically faced lower grades or poorer terms and conditions compared to male-dominated roles such as waste collection, despite the jobs being of equal value.
The payments are owed to thousands of people who have been underpaid for years compared to their male counterparts.
However, the fight for fair pay continues, with around 40,000 claims still outstanding across 28 local authorities, with the GMB estimating the amount could be in the hundreds of millions of pounds.
A further 10,000 new claims are expected to be launched this year.
Rhea Wolfson, head of industrial relations at GMB, said: “Fifty years after the Equal Pay Act, it should be a national disgrace that we have to make these claims.
“But astonishingly, more than £1 billion will now be paid out to women who are in debt.
“By 2026, employers need to take note – any time the GMB finds women are being paid less than men, whether in the public or private sector, we will come after you.”