Gender pay gap

'We should all be treated as equals' by Co-op

Christine Green
CHRISTINE GREEN

More than 400 employees have launched an equal pay claim against the Co-op supermarket chain.

The Co-op shop workers, mostly women, say they're being underpaid compared with warehouse workers, who are mostly men.

The Co-op said it was "confident that our reward practices are fair".

Co-op supermarket team manager Christine Green was one of the women to start the equal pay case. She's worked at the Co-op for six years.

"I feel personally that the job we do - we're front of house, we're dealing with customers, cash, money, shoplifting, we're having to do all of the deliveries, on our own... I feel that we should be equally paid for the job that we are doing," she said.

"I think the warehouse staff have an important job. We have an important job - to make the company run. And we should all be treated as equals.

Read more about Christine's story here.