日前，1700多名提起同工同酬诉讼的厨师、清洁工、看护等英国女工获得了总数为数百万英镑的薪水赔偿。

日前，1700多名提起同工同酬诉讼的厨师、清洁工、看护等英国女工获得了总数为数百万英镑的薪水赔偿。

据《镜报》日前报道，根据法庭调查结果，由英国坎布里亚郡郡议会雇佣的1771名女工的薪水比从事相同工种男性的薪水要少。一家解决雇佣纠纷的法庭责令郡议会赔偿女工们自20世纪90年代初开始被克扣的工资或红利。每位女工获得的赔偿金额将依据其工作的年限，坎布里亚郡郡议会将为此支付的总额达到数百万英镑的赔偿金。

当地工会女官员莎伦·米指出："这1771名女工被法庭告知遭受了不公平地对待，她们被相同的雇主雇佣，但获得的薪水比从事相同工种的男性的低。为妇女争取同工同酬的这一过程是充满困难且耗时的，但我们很高兴有超过半数的诉讼最后取得了成功。"

英国工会（GMB）成员戈德·盖强调："我们的女成员被歧视，她们必须获得这些年被剥夺的薪水。"

（国际在线独家资讯 蒋黎黎）

More than 1,700 women cooks, cleaners and carers yesterday won a multi-million pound compensation claim over equal pay.

An employment tribunal found 1,771 women, employed by Cumbria County Council, were paid less than men doing the same job.

It ruled they should have been paid higher wages or bonuses since the early 1990s.

Talks will now be held over the level of compensation, which will depend on length of service, but the total bill will be millions of pounds.

Around 1,000 cases were unsuccessful because jobs could not be compared to any men on the same grade working for the authority.

Another 293 claims are to be looked at by independent experts.

Unison's regional women's officer Sharon Mee said: "Those 1,771 women have been told by the tribunal that they had been treated unfairly and were being paid less than men doing equal jobs for the same employer.

"This has been an arduous, time-consuming and draining process for the women. We are delighted that more than half of the cases we have fought have been successful."

GMB organiser Ged Caig added: "Our members have been discriminated against and they must now have the money paid to them for the work they have done over the years."