Union accused of sex discrimination wins appeal

An Employment Tribunal ruling that the general union, GMB, was guilty of sex discrimination has been overthrown by the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT).

More than 100 female council workers took their own union to court, claiming that GMB had discriminated against them by working harder to protect men's pay and failing to win them back pay.

The workers from Middlesbrough Council accused the GMB of protecting a gender pay gap when conducting Single Status negotiations for equal pay, and a ... (194 more words)

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