In 1970, Labour’s employment secretary Barbara Castle shepherded the Equal Pay Act through parliament, with the promise that women would be paid as much as men when doing equivalent jobs. The political spark for the Act came from a famous strike by women at Ford’s Dagenham plant, and the moral case is self-evident.
1970年，英國工黨(Labour Party)就業大臣芭芭拉•卡斯爾(Barbara Castle)推動議會通過了《同工同酬法》(Equal Pay Act)，承諾在相同的崗位上，女性和男性的報酬一樣多。推動該法案的政治因素是著名的福特(Ford)達格南(Dagenham)工廠婦女罷工事件，其道德上的原因更是顯而易見。
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