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Support the pay equity challenge

29 Jun 2009 / Comments Off / in News, Women/by TEU

Would it be fair if $10 was only worth $8.80 to you just because you’re a woman? Well it might be, because on average women in NZ earn 12% less than men.

But this Government seems not to care about that because it has scrapped its own pay equity unit. It is more than 30 years since equal pay legislation was introduced in NZ. Equality won’t happen all by itself.

Tomorrow you have your chance to send a message to the Government that this issue won’t go away. Join the Pay Equity Challenge and demand equal pay for women NOW! Show the Government you want action not words by coming to the:

PAY EQUITY RALLY – 12.30pm, Tuesday 30 June (TOMORROW – Whatever the weather)

Parliament grounds, Wellington

It will be a fun event with banners, balloons, speeches and song.

Tags: equity, Government, pay

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