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Women and work

Workers and unions are still striving for equality in actual rates of pay. Read about how women achieved equal pay and find out what the ‘gender pay gap’ means.

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Equal Pay 1960

Before equal pay

Before 1969, most women got paid less than men just because they were women.
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Women outside Trades Hall in Melbourne 1969

Equal pay for work of equal value

Up until 1973, many women received lower pay simply because they were women.
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ACTU Worksite Gender Pay Gap

The gender pay gap

There is still a significant pay gap between the working men and women of Australia.
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ACTU Worksite Ged Kearney

Women in unions

A recent survey of women’s participation in unions shows that women are active in their unions, especially at the workplace level.
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ACTU Worksite quiz

Equal pay quiz

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