The Trade Union Congress federation has used its 151st annual congress that continues until 11 September 2019 as the forum from which to call for legislation prohibiting businesses from socio-economic class based discrimination. The trade union federation is also demanding that employers be required to publish any ‘class pay gaps’, indicative of pay differences based on socio-economic level.
Before making its call to government, the TUC sought to prove that those from the working classes are unfavorably treated within the UK’s labor force. In a report entitled, Building working class power: How to address class inequality today, the trade union federation reveals that third level education diploma holders from financially comfortable socio-economic cohorts are more likely than those from less affluent cohorts to secure employment with starting salaries of £30,000 (€33,521), irrespective of the diploma.
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