Kate Lappin

Kate Lappin

Regional Secretary for the Asia & Pacific region

kate.lappin@world-psi.org

Kate Lappin is Regional Secretary for the Asia & Pacific region

Australian trade unions have won a major breakthrough in the fight for fair wages in women-dominated and culturally rooted sectors like care work. After sustained struggles, they have been able to push the government to move away from wage-setting practices based on comparisons with male-dominated jobs. It will now recognise the specific emotional and cultural skills that women, particularly Indigenous workers, bring to their work.

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