An asteroid has struck. It has the potential to detonate the apparently eternal equation between childcare and no-pay or low-pay.
The astronomical event is an equal pay case in a modest market town on the Borders. Everyone knows Carlisle, like Crewe, as a station stop. Now Carlisle is a name that arouses awe and shock among anyone interested in women's pay.
North Cumbria Acute NHS Trust is still digesting the mighty implications of a dogged case brought by the local Unison branch on behalf of women workers. Not only did the women win, but they won back pay, a recognition of historic injustice.
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