Over 500 years to achieve equal pay!

Denmark

The FOA public service union says that progress to equal pay in the public sector could take over 500 years if future agreements follow the one just negotiated in local and regional government. Although the agreement did include some provisions for tackling the pay gap, if progress was the same for each future round of collective bargaining over a three-year period then it would take 178 agreements to close the 18% pay gap in the municipal sector. The union argues that parliament needs to contribute to the process and pass the legislation and agree the funding that would ensure equal pay for work of equal value across the public sector.
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