A test case on equal pay is being launched today as the first step in a campaign by unions to close the 17 per cent pay gap between women and men.
The Australian Services Union is arguing that women who work in social and community sector jobs deserve to be paid the same amount as men who have similar qualifications.
If it is successful, the case could see hundreds of thousands of women earning an extra $100 a week. Federal and state governments, who largely pay these workers, could be paying out about $1 billion extra a year in salaries.
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