The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-04-29
EQUAL PAY; EQUAL WORK.
Is One of Problems British Government
Has to Meet,


London, April 2o.-Equal pay for equal
work, the training of inexperienced wom-
en- and the supervision of labor condi-
tons are the main problems with which
| the government has to deal in its scheme
OF providing war work for women.
! The pay matter is serious in the view
of the trade unions, which fear the EN-
! ployers will use the less paid women in
order to Gust men and at the end of the
war refuse to restore men TO their old
positions. Suifragists also champion the
equal pay for equal work demanded,
since they regard less money for equiv
slent work as an insult to their sex
Further complications are caused by
women volunteering TO work free, but
it is suggested their wages be paid and
turned into a charity fund.
II is estimated that so per cent of the
women of the British Isles are engaged
at the present moment either on volun-
tary work or on professional or indus
trial work. The most recent returns
made to the Central Labor Exchange
show that $4,000 applications for war
work have been filed by women. OF this
number. the women OF London contrib
ute 1900, the southeastern district OF
England, 2,02s, Yorkshire 1900, Scotland
4.253, Wales go, Ireland 500 and the
rest come from other parts of England.
That women volunteering for war
service work should join the unions in
order TO maintain present conditions was
the advice from Sylvia Pankhurst at a
recent conference under auspices of the
Emergency Workers National commit
tee. A resolution was passed asking
mems unions to admit women members.
This also recommended TO the govern
ment that all women registering for war
service should Immediately join unions
that such membership should be condi-
tional TO employment that when doing
the same work as a man the women
should receive equal pay; that sweating
conditions must be avoided and living
wage paid, that adequate training with
maintenance should be provided and that,
after the war, the priority of employ
ment should be given to workmen whose
places were taken by women, and new
places provided for the women.
These resolutions represent the atti |
tude OF the women suffrsgists. the trades /
unionists and Socialists represented at
the conference, representing about 5000 1
go workers Of both sexes.
Miss Mary r. Macarthur, who pre-.
sided. described a visit 20 q large arma.
ment factory where she found a large
number Of women applicants for work
standing outside.
at il one thing for women 20 IN the
places OF men who have voluntarily en-
listed" declared Miss Macarthur. "and
another 10 allow ourselves to BE- used ~
20 force economic conscrip-
ton on the men.
War service Nv women. she continued.
should not be used to force men 20 20 20
the front. National CONSUMPTION would
b. preferable 20 an economic conscrip-
ton Of tins kind Those acquainted with I
he union movement knew that the men
lad never objected t. women a. women.
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