On 22 February, it was the European Day of Equal Pay for Women and Men. In this respect, the trade unions have made their readings public. ELA thus explains what the wage gap is: "Women continue to receive lower salaries than men for work of equal value. Still, women's jobs, sectors and jobs remain undervalued, both socially and economically." The LAB Feminist Secretariat has denounced that "there is no job that is women* or men." This is a building. It's not neutral, it's not normal, it's not natural, depending on who you value. It imposes the systems to make the working conditions* of women always worse, or we are responsible for all home care”.

Non-compliance with the law in companies

ELA lists the laws that address the wage gap: Royal Decree-Law 6/2019 and 901/2020, of Equality Plans, Royal Decree-Law 902/2020, of Equal Wages. But he added: "It often even costs to apply the law as a whole, as formal equality measures and mechanisms often have too many violet bleaching targets," he added. In this regard, he stressed that laws and rules against the wage gap have to be applied in companies. LAB proposes: “Public authorities should also oblige male companies to hire women.”

Privatizing public services, a way to bridge the gap

Both ELA and LAB have stressed that the outsourcing of public feminized care services only increases the gap.