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A new report found that men working in the private sector make almost 10 per cent more per hour than women on average, compared with five per cent in the public sector.

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[-] SapientLasagna@lemmy.ca 18 points 4 months ago

They didn't mention that public sector workers are about 60% unionized, but private sector is more like 10%. Collective bargaining typically sets pay on the position, not the worker.

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