WOMEN effectively worked for free up until yesterday in 2025, according to a new TUC analysis.
The gender pay gap remains stubbornly high at 13.1 per cent and the study found that women work 48 days unpaid on average compared to men.
This is partly because women tend to be employed in lower-paid roles than men, the union body said, adding that they are also more likely to work part-time due to caring responsibilities.
Our priority must be to defend hard-won protections while linking equality law to trade union power and wider social transformation, says MARY DAVIS, on behalf of the Women’s Liberation Alliance
As Unison launches its Year of Women Workers, ANNIE COGAN-THOMAS argues that stronger organisation and collective bargaining are essential to winning equality
Comments from Matt Goodwin and Danny Kruger expose a reactionary vision in which falling birth rates are blamed on women, says JUDITH CAZORLA


