Japanese Working Women visit UNISON

Ms Shizuko Koedo, WWN International Affairs Manager and Toshie Habu, of the Working Women's Network (WWN) of Japan visited UNISON on the 21 August.

They saw how the Pay Equality Group - primarily those based in Edinburgh's Belford Road - was working to assist regional officers, secretaries and branches in processing the high volume of equal pay claims currently underway in Scotland.

From conversing with members on the phone to liaising with Thompson's solicitors or lodging claims with the Employment Tribunal, the team are vital in processing the information that will be used to support members' claims for back pay and as part of the ongoing negotiations across the country.

The WWN was established by the employees of the Sumitomo Manufacturing Corporations established this Network in Osaka, Japan in 1995.

They took their employers to court to rectify the discriminatory pay structure between women and men. See page 2 for more on the Pay Equality Support Group.

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