Sex discrimination in union back pay settlement

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• Incorporated Council of Law Reporting

Following a national collective agreement agreed between trade unions and local authority employers with an objective of eradicating historical gender-based inequalities, the appellant trade union negotiated new terms and conditions of employment on behalf of its members with the council employing the claimants and secured some compensation for employees, including the claimants, who had suffered past pay inequalities.

The claimants brought claims alleging, inter alia, that the union had di... (385 more words)

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