Hooray for pay cuts

Workers at Flintshire Council are up in arms about 'pay cuts'.  They are blaming equal pay.  Media reports carefully forget to say whether the people are complaining are men but I bet they are.

This is really about getting rid of all the hidden perks and benefits that men workers have used to boost their pay.  Refuse collectors and outdoor workers have set themselves up with lucrative bonuses e.g. for turning up, for finishing on time, etc. Jobs which women do like dinner ladies and home care workers don't have the same bonuses.

There is another way of looking at this - women get equal pay at last - but that is not a news story.