PM will take part in stoppage by women and non-binary people calling for pay equality and action on gender-based violence

Organisers hope the women’s strike – whose confirmed participants include fishing industry workers, teachers, nurses and the PM, Katrín Jakobsdóttir – will bring society to a standstill to draw attention to the country’s ongoing gender pay gap and widespread gender-based and sexual violence.

  • @[email protected]English
    1•1 year ago

    That’s a good overview of the first order effects, but there is some nasty stuff at the edges.

    For example, trans men report being able to negotiate higher salaries after transition. For example, jobs that transition from traditionally male to traditionally female dominated see a depression in salaries.

    I’m not sure how to fix it, but there are serious reasons to believe we are far from “equal pay for equal work”.

    • TurunEnglish
      1•1 year ago

      Yes that is also one aspect.

      I didn’t mention it, because I have no idea how that could even be solved on a large scale. This is a problem that arises from the individual’s ability to negotiate. Unless you work in a unionized job, where salaries are more often clearly defined in a table and negotiated for everyone at once