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NUM women slam rising wage gap
By Ntombi Nkosi
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Johannesburg - The National Union of Mineworkersâ National Women Structure has expressed disappointed with the continuous and increasing gender wage gap.
This sentiment was shared at a recent meeting where the trade union committed to closing the pay gap between women and men performing the same work.
The meeting was convened from April 15-16 in Midrand.
Women from 11 regions gathered to celebrate and commemorate the great work done by anti-apartheid activist Charlotte Maxeke under the theme âWomen leading change in current political stateâ.
âOne important political achievement has to be the adoption of the implementation of the principle of equal opportunities and equal treatment of men and women in matters of employment and occupation, which was due to be transposed by 2011,â said Mathapelo Khanye, NUM National Women s Structure national secretary.