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FEMALE staff at a care home chain embarked on a legal battle for equal pay yesterday after discovering that they were receiving hundreds of pounds less than their male counterparts.
Carers working for Avery Healthcare are seeking compensation for six years of underpayment — a clear breach of the Equality and Equal Pay Acts.
Of the thousands of workers possibly affected, 62 women are now being represented by Leigh Day solicitors and general union GMB.
Half a century after transformative laws reshaped Britain, women’s rights are again contested. This International Women’s Day is a call to remember how change was won, and to organise to defend it, says KATE RAMSDEN
Working-class women lead the fight for fair work and equitable pay and against sexual harassment, the rise of the far right and years of failed austerity policies, writes ROZ FOYER
