Sea of purple: Swiss women strike for equal pay 0 SHARES Share it! The action comes nearly three decades after women held the country’s first nationwide strike for equal pay. And for men and women with equal qualifications, the wage gap remains nearly eight percent, according to the national statistics office. – Women work for free –For those women unable to take a full day, the organisers urged them to at least pack their things and leave by 3:24 pm. “After that, women work for free,” said Anne Fritz, the main organiser of the strike and a representative of USS.

Source: Manila Bulletin June 14, 2019 23:03 UTC