John Ryall: $2 billion equal pay settlement historicSUPPLIED John Ryall says the Government stepped up to the plate to negotiate a settlement with sector unions because it was the right thing to do. OPINION: This week's Government announcement of a $2 billion-plus negotiated equal pay settlement with unions for care and support workers is historic. NICOLE JOHNSTONE/FAIRFAX NZ Lower Hutt rest home worker Kristine Bartlett campaigned for equal pay for women. The New Zealand Government has always argued that the Equal Pay Act 1972 meets the convention requirements and it was simply up to workers to argue cases before the courts. There have been volumes and volumes of reports done on care and support workers from the early 1980s through to the Human Rights Commission Caring Counts Report in 2012.

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