ABSTRACT
This is a view now consistently taken by the Unions. On its realisation in action the hopes of the woman worker depend, whether her work is inside the home or outside of it.
It is not the view that, by and large, obtains in. practice. Union action has established the principle, in wartime, for certain important groups of women workers who are taking the place of men ; and this is a very significant for:ward step, which may have long consequences. Throughout normal employment, how-,ever, the governing word is that of the employer : "That is where we differ." The woman, because she is a woman, is paid a lower rate than the man. The difference varies. In a few occupations, she gets 6o per cent. of the man's rate; over a far larger
range, something under 50 per cent. is considered sufficient.
