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The report "Breaking the wage gap, a matter of justice", presented by the trade union CCOO, reveals that "the wage gap between men and women is 17% per hour worked, but as women account for 75% of partial hiring , so that the average salary of women was like that of women would have to increase by 29% ".

Scandalous data that reveal clear discriminations in the world of work between men and women.

Based on the aforementioned report, the IU-Verdes de Cieza Youth spokesperson, Juanjo Montiel, stressed that women continue to receive a lower salary than their male counterparts.

And although there are advances, "there are still wage differences between women and men who carry out different or equal jobs, but of equal value".

In the opinion of Juanjo Montiel, "this discrimination is not new and, among other causes, it is due to the false consideration that the woman's salary is a" complement "of the family unit".

Thus, while women earned 13.6 euros per hour, men received 15.94 euros per hour.

Specifically, women earned an average of € 5,793 less than men.

The salary gap increases to € 6,579 when the contract is indefinite.

Therefore, "the average annual salary of women with an indefinite contract would have to increase by 31%, while in the case of women with a temporary contract, it would have to be increased by 14%," he said.

"The causes of this situation lie in the unwillingness of governments to transpose European laws and the lack of political consensus to apply them." To this must be added the non-existent sensitivity and responsibility of employers to establish measures that end the wage gap. and, thirdly, the scarcity of resources and human and economic means for prevention, "he explained.

"The wage gap is 'multi-causal', ranging from education to the absence of real family co-responsibility and poor representation of women in the management bodies of companies," says the spokesperson for Youth of IU-Green Cieza, which It also denounces that in addition to the wage gap other discriminations take place, which also influence women to earn less: women occupy jobs in sectors and lower paid jobs (occupational segregation);

75% of the partial hiring is occupied by women, involuntarily in most cases (discrimination in hiring modality) and 92% of leave for child care, 84% in the case of care of other family members , were requested by women.

Finally, Juanjo Montiel has stressed that "ending this situation, breaking the wage gap, is a matter of social justice."

Source: IU-verdes Cieza