Equal Pay Day: Trade union calls for big wage increases in sectors where many women work
FNV advocates for a wage catch-up for sectors where many women work, like healthcare, education, and retail. More accessible child care and better arrangements for leave are also crucial, the union said on Equal Pay Day. From today, for the rest of the year, women symbolically work for nothing. Because women, on average, earn 13 percent less per hour than men.
Source: nltimes.nl
