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Women
Equal Pay Day: 1st September
Women in the Red See Red
By David Carey
Federal Secretary (SPSF Group) - CPSU Joint National Secretary
We ask all members of the CPSU to wear RED on Tuesday the 1st of September to mark Equal Pay Day.
Equal Pay Day: 1st September 2009
We ask all members of the CPSU to wear RED on Tuesday the 1st of September to mark Equal Pay Day.
This is the date that illustrates the number of extra days that women have to work beyond the end of the financial year to be paid the same as their male counterparts.
So women are in the red:
Women Earn Less
- As at May 2009 women earned 82% of male average earnings.
- If current earning patterns continue, the average 25 year old male would earn $2.4 million over the next 40 years while the average 25 year old female would earn $1.5 million.
Women Retire With Less
- Women's superannuation accounts are about a third of the size of superannuation accounts held by men.
- Women are two and a half times more likely to live in poverty in their old age than men.
Women Earn Less in the Public Sector
- Women in the public sector earn 19% less than average male public sector earnings.
- Women are over-represented in the lower levels of the public sector.
Women's Jobs Less Valued
- Women are more likely to be low paid and rely on awards and the safety net minimums.
- Women are more likely to work part-time and have insecure employment contracts.
- Women’s occupations are undervalued across the economy.
Women Earn Less in the Boardroom
- Only 1 in 12 of board directors of ASX 200 companies are women.
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And ……..women still do most of the housework.
So on the 1st of September join us in showing that its time for women to stop being in the red!
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For more information contact:
Suzanne Hammond
Ph: 03 9639 3764
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