Equal pay

The TUC has produced a series of films about the fight for equal pay. They include oral history interviews with women and union representatives involved in some of the major equal pay cases since 1968. The films were made by two well-known film directors, Sarah Boston and Jenny Morgan, and jointly funded by the TUC, the Wainwright Trust and the European Social Fund.

Both the short and long versions of all the films shown on the website, plus a longer film on the history of the fight for equal pay - The Equal Pay Story : scenes from a turbulent history - are available on DVD from TUC Publications.

The most recent documents available on this subject are:

TUC response to the Public Sector Equality Duty review

The Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED) plays a vital role in underpinning union work to tackle discrimination and harassment at work as evidenced by the TUC's response to a government review of the duty.

19 April 2013
Equality applies to everybody

It is difficult to discover any logical, non-religious explanation for the decision by the General Synod last week to deny the right of women to become Bishops. Arguments, such as they are, date back to Jesus' choice of twelve male disciples, the de...

26 November 2012
Part-time workers earn a third less per hour than full-time staff

The 36 per cent pay gap between part-time and full-time workers is the main barrier to closing the gender pay gap and tackling in-work poverty, the TUC says today (Wednesday).

22 November 2012
South West gender pay gap is among the highest in the UK

The South West has one of the highest gender pay gaps in the UK - 12.4 per cent for full-time workers compared to 10.2 per cent for the UK as a whole, according to new government figures.

9 December 2010
Government must continue progress on closing the gender pay gap

Commenting on the annual pay figures published today (Wednesday) by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:

8 December 2010
Extending fully paid maternity leave will benefit millions of hard-up families

Commenting on government plans to oppose the extension of fully paid maternity leave to 20 weeks at a meeting of the EU Employment Council (EPSCO) in Brussels today (Monday), TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:

6 December 2010



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