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| BBC must face tough questions from MPs on equal pay for women | BBC must face tough questions from MPs on equal pay for women |
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| We wish to express our support and admiration for the women in the BBC fighting for equal pay (We got it wrong on pay and will fix system, BBC to say, 29 January). It has taken courage to do so and they deserve our support. | We wish to express our support and admiration for the women in the BBC fighting for equal pay (We got it wrong on pay and will fix system, BBC to say, 29 January). It has taken courage to do so and they deserve our support. |
| We also support the National Union of Journalists, who have 126 equal pay cases lodged at the BBC on behalf of their members. Elsewhere, Prospect, Bectu and Equity are also working hard, representing members and challenging discrimination at the BBC and in other workplaces. | We also support the National Union of Journalists, who have 126 equal pay cases lodged at the BBC on behalf of their members. Elsewhere, Prospect, Bectu and Equity are also working hard, representing members and challenging discrimination at the BBC and in other workplaces. |
| MPs on the digital, culture, media and sport committee will hear evidence from senior BBC figures on Wednesday as they look into pay inequality at the corporation. We hope they will ask why the BBC is talking fair pay, not equal pay. They are very different concepts. Why is the BBC speaking of legacy salaries for men, yet failing to investigate the legacy of lower pay for women? How many have been affected? How many have seen a resolution? | MPs on the digital, culture, media and sport committee will hear evidence from senior BBC figures on Wednesday as they look into pay inequality at the corporation. We hope they will ask why the BBC is talking fair pay, not equal pay. They are very different concepts. Why is the BBC speaking of legacy salaries for men, yet failing to investigate the legacy of lower pay for women? How many have been affected? How many have seen a resolution? |
| Reducing the salaries of a small number of high-profile men will not address inequality or the opaque nature of pay in the whole organisation. How wide was the initial review to assess the issue? How many women employees were checked? Has this included organisations from whom the BBC commissions programmes? | Reducing the salaries of a small number of high-profile men will not address inequality or the opaque nature of pay in the whole organisation. How wide was the initial review to assess the issue? How many women employees were checked? Has this included organisations from whom the BBC commissions programmes? |
| The truth is that what is happening at the BBC is happening elsewhere. The select committee should start the ball rolling and properly examine what is happening at the BBC. But it should not stop there. Let’s look at Sky, Channel 4 and ITV. | The truth is that what is happening at the BBC is happening elsewhere. The select committee should start the ball rolling and properly examine what is happening at the BBC. But it should not stop there. Let’s look at Sky, Channel 4 and ITV. |
| And then let’s look at the rest; finance, industry and public service should all be on notice. It has not been acceptable to pay women less than men in law for a long time. Now they must do something about it.Frances O’Grady TUC general secretary, Sally Hunt TUC president and University and College Union general secretary, Christine Payne Equity general secretary, Mary Bousted National Education Union joint general secretary, Michelle Stanistreet National Union of Journalists general secretary, Chris Keates National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers general secretary, Linda Roy Communication Workers Union head of equality, Vicky Knight TUC women’s committee chair, Maria Exall Communication Workers Union, Rehana Azam GMB national secretary for public services, Claire Sullivan Chartered Society of Physiotherapists director of employment relations, Jude Brimble GMB national secretary for manufacturing, Gloria Mills Unison national head of equalities, Liz Snape Unison assistant general secretary, Sarah Ward Prospect national secretary, Sue Ferns Prospect senior deputy general secretary, Gail Cartmail Unite assistant general secretary, Siobhan Endean Unite national officer, Diana Holland Unite assistant general secretary, Annette Mansell Green British Dietetic Association head of employment relations | And then let’s look at the rest; finance, industry and public service should all be on notice. It has not been acceptable to pay women less than men in law for a long time. Now they must do something about it.Frances O’Grady TUC general secretary, Sally Hunt TUC president and University and College Union general secretary, Christine Payne Equity general secretary, Mary Bousted National Education Union joint general secretary, Michelle Stanistreet National Union of Journalists general secretary, Chris Keates National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers general secretary, Linda Roy Communication Workers Union head of equality, Vicky Knight TUC women’s committee chair, Maria Exall Communication Workers Union, Rehana Azam GMB national secretary for public services, Claire Sullivan Chartered Society of Physiotherapists director of employment relations, Jude Brimble GMB national secretary for manufacturing, Gloria Mills Unison national head of equalities, Liz Snape Unison assistant general secretary, Sarah Ward Prospect national secretary, Sue Ferns Prospect senior deputy general secretary, Gail Cartmail Unite assistant general secretary, Siobhan Endean Unite national officer, Diana Holland Unite assistant general secretary, Annette Mansell Green British Dietetic Association head of employment relations |
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