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Women in Europe doing jobs requiring the same skills as jobs done by men are still being paid significantly less, according to a study by the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC).
The major trade union organization, which represents 45 million members in 38 European countries, compared wages in two countries from Western and Eastern Europe – Germany and Romania – looking at women working in the sector of household appliances and men working in car manufacturing.