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，英国工党(Labour Party)就业大臣芭芭拉•卡斯尔(Barbara Castle)推动议会通过了《同工同酬法》(Equal Pay Act)，承诺在相同的岗位上，女性和男性的报酬一样多。推动该法案的政治因素是著名的福特(Ford)达格南(Dagenham)工厂妇女罢工事件，其道德上的原因更是显而易见。
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