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EQUAL PAY FOR WOMEN The principle of equal pay for men and women doing work of equal value figures in the constitutions of sixteen nations. They are: Bulgaria, Burma, Byelorussia, Costa Rica, Cuba, France, the German Federal Republic, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, the Ukraine, the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia. In Canada new laws to implement the principle have been enacted in the provinces of Manitoba and Nova Scotia. Most governments adopt a ‘gradual’ approach to the problem, due to the need to soften the impact of higher wages on the cost of production by spreading it over a longer period of time.

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Te Ao Hou, November 1957, Page 63

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EQUAL PAY FOR WOMEN Te Ao Hou, November 1957, Page 63

EQUAL PAY FOR WOMEN Te Ao Hou, November 1957, Page 63