Wage Rage for Equal Pay

This book makes a major contribution to thecontinuing legal and historical struggle for equal pay in Australia, with international references, including Canada, the UK and US. It takes law, history and women's and genderstudies to analyse and recount campaigns, cases and debates. Industrial bodies federally and aroundAustralia have grappled with this issue from the early-twentieth century onwards. This book traces the strugglethrough the decades, looking at women'sorganisations activism and demands, union 'pro' and 'against' activity, and the 'official' approach intribunals, boards and courts.