| Record Number |
15621 |
| Location |
305.4 DVD |
| Title |
Regardless of sex / producer, Daniela Torsh ; director, Cynthia Connop. [DVD] |
| Published |
Lindfield, N.S.W. : Film Australia, Women's Film Unit, c1988. |
| Collation |
1 DVD (55 min.) |
| General Note |
"A co-production with the Women's Bureau of the Commonwealth Department of Employment & Industrial Relations." |
| Advice from the National Film & Sound Archive that the footage from a 1986 video entitled Time's up! the story of the campaign for equal pay (22 min.) is contained in this 55 min. DVD. |
| Curriculum links include: Australian Economic History, Business Studies (Business Management/Industry and Enterprise), Economics, Industrial Relations, SOSE/HSIE, Organisational Management, Work Studies. Of particular relevance to NSW History Stage 5, Topic 6 'Changing Rights and Freedoms' Section C: Women - Change over Time. |
| Contact library for Discussion notes originally produced for Time's up. The notes include Major milestones for equal pay for women workers. |
| Collection code: DVDWOM DVDs women. |
| Creation/Production Credits Note |
Cinematographer, Ian Kenny ; editor, Fiona Strain ; music, Sharon Calcraft ; writers, Sue Castrique, Cynthia Connop. |
| Participant Note |
Nell Schofield. |
| Summary Note |
The long history of equal pay for women has yet to result in wage justice. In 1972 an historical decision of 'equal pay for equal work' was handed down by the Arbitration Commission. However, the notion of 'comparable worth' was not accepted at the time. In 1985, with women still only receiving only 67% of men's wages, the ACTU mounted another action in the industrial courts to have the notion of 'comparable worth' confirmed. Using nurses' claims for better pay as a test case, it aimed to show that the nature of their work was comparable in many respects to that of better paid firemen, policemen and ambulance attendants. This program examines the history of equal pay and women's rights, and follows three women who were heavily involved in the nurses' case. |
| Subject |
Equal pay for equal work -- Australia |
| Wages -- Women -- Australia |
| Added Name |
Torsh, Daniela, 1946- |
| Castrique, Sue |
| Connop, Cynthia |
| Schofield, Nell |
| Added Corporate Name |
Australia. Women's Bureau |
| Film Australia. Women's Film Unit |
