Winning Equal Pay: the value of women's work

Winning Equal Pay: the value of women’s work is a partnership initiative between
London Metropolitan University and the Trades Union Congress to record the long
campaign to achieve equal pay for women based on the free website http://unionhistory.info/equalpay/ which includes 10 short films about trade union action for equal pay.

Section 2 provides an overview of the contents and section 3 offers some suggestions as to where the
resources can be used within the curriculum. Although the site is part of a suite on
trade union history the issue of the ‘pay gap’ is still current. The struggle of women to
secure equal pay continues and the campaigns documented here provide excellent
examples of active citizenship in action.

The resources are relevant for teachers and students of citizenship and work-related
learning. In order to secure their economic wellbeing, as part of the Every Child
Matters agenda, students should be made aware of the struggle for gender equality in
workplace settings which is exemplified by the fight for equal pay.