Dear all,
Following on slightly from Gavin Brown's comments (and on a
slightly different issue to the differences between men and
women), the thing that struck me when looking at the
figures that Lawie put in his message, was the massive
difference in pay between academics and manual workers in
Universities. Although I am obviously not condoning the
unequal pay for women, it seems to me that if you have a
'permanent' academic job (particularly a senior one) you
really aren't doing too badly! (Lawries figures were;
for senior lecturers; 32,971/32,430 pounds, manual workers;
8,089/7,839 pounds). And when you compound that with the
instability and poor conditions that often come with such
manual jobs, then perhaps it shines a slightly different
light on the meaning of unequal pay!
David H.
(The Exeter one!)
On Fri, 7 May 99 11:09:02 +1200 Lawrence Berg
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Thanks to everyone who provided references for the guardian article on pay (in)equity in universities.
> Lawrence
>
> For those who did not get to see the article, here are the figures from the online guardian:
>
> Gender gap
>
> Pay differentials at the older universities
>
> All academic posts
> Men £32,118, Women £27,859
>
> Professor
> Men £42,999, Women £41,192
>
> Senior lecturer
> Men £32,971, Women £32,430
>
> Researcher
> Men £20,403,Women £19,480
>
> Manual
> Men £8,089, Women £7,839
>
> Source: Office of Manpower Economics
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David Harvey
University of Exeter
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