Scoop November 2010
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| + | ==Mark this year's Equal Pay Day on 2nd November 2010== | ||
| + | The Equal Pay Act was brought in 40 years ago, and yet women are still paid on average 16.4% less per hour than men. This full-time pay gap between women and men is the equivalent to men being paid for a full year whilst women effectively work for nothing after 2 November. Take action today and organise workplace events | ||
| + | http://www.fawcettsociety.org. uk/index.asp?PageID=1194 | ||
| + | Employers still try to get away with paying their women employees less than their male counterparts. But too many women are still being cheated out of pay and jobs. We want: | ||
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| + | Legislation to ensure big employers check they're paying men and women fairly | ||
| + | An extension of the right to request flexible working to all employees | ||
| + | The government to encourage shared parenting through promoting flexible parental leave. | ||
| + | Every year on Equal Pay Day, people across the country unite to demand equal pay. | ||
| + | There are many ways you can get involved: | ||
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| + | Recruit a women to become a union member. | ||
| + | Sell or hand out cakes with one sixth missing to mark the pay women are missing out on (choose a women's charity or campaign group for donations) | ||
| + | Wear red to symbolise that women are 'in the red' after 2 November | ||
| + | Write to your local Member of Parliament (MP) and ask them to support the campaign for equal pay www.theyworkforyou.com | ||
| + | Use Fawcett's Equal Pay Guide to learn more about the pay gap and how to fight it www.fawcettsociety.org.uk/ documents/ GuidetoEqualPayDay2010.pdf | ||
| + | Hand out Fawcett's Equal Pay postcards, for copies of the postcard please email preethi.sundaram@ fawcettsociety.org.uk | ||
| + | Sign Fawcett's petition to hold the Coalition Government to account www.fawcettsociety.org.uk/ index.asp?PageID=321 | ||
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==5/6th November,*'Stop Climate Chaos' lobby*== | ==5/6th November,*'Stop Climate Chaos' lobby*== | ||
The Stop Climate Chaos Coalition is calling for people across the UK to | The Stop Climate Chaos Coalition is calling for people across the UK to | ||
