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Mark Banham

Unite boss Sharon Graham vows to close widening gender pay gap

Unite general secretary Sharon Graham has vowed to close the gender pay gap at the union

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The boss of the UK’s largest union Unite has vowed to close the widening gender pay gap at the organisation and said the days of “explaining away” the inequality are over.

The latest gender pay gap report from the union revealed that the mean pay gap”for its 1,072 employees had increased by 0.6 per cent in the past year in favour of men, despite the trade union’s stance on gender equality in the workplace.

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