The Vision white-collar local government union has commented on the latest official pay statistics that show a persistent structural gender pay gap in nine out of 10 professional groups. Vision president Annika Strandhäll is on the government committee on equality and is concerned not only about the very slow trend towards closing the pay gap but also the fact that sectors where women make up the majority of workers have lower pay then those dominated by men. This is despite the fact that women are, in general, better educated than men.
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