Black workers 'earning less than white colleagues'

I found this article on the Education section, of the BBC news and it was written by Hannah Richardson, the BBC News education and social affairs reporter wrote the article.

The story explains how researches have been carried out, which suggest that: Black workers earn much less than similarly qualified white workers, at all levels of education.

·      Analysis of pay data by the Trades Union Congress (TUC) suggests that the difference in average pay rates amounts to a gap of 23%.

·      Black graduates earn on average £14.33 an hour, compared with £18.63 earned by white graduates, the TUC says.

·      The average pay gap between black and white workers with A-levels is 14%.

·      And at GCSE level the gap is 11%, the TUC says.

The TUC's general secretary Frances O'Grady said: "Race still plays a huge role in determining pay.

"The harsh reality is that at any level of education, black and Asian workers are getting paid less than their white counterparts.

"The government cannot afford to ignore these figures and must now take genuine action to tackle pay discrimination."

'Interventions needed'

In fact the TUC's analysis, based on the Labour Force Survey figures from 2014 and 2015, shows the pay gaps are widest for those with higher qualifications.

"This suggests that education alone will do little to address racial inequalities, and the need for interventions that directly challenge racial inequalities in the workplace, the TUC said.

I decided to pick this story in order to analyse as it straight away caught my eye due to the idea of it talking about education and workplaces, which is an issue that is concerning me and my friends. In addition, when I first came across this article, it also mad me think back to the topic we have been discussing previously in class regarding #OscarsSoWhite. 

I think that what is happening and being presented in the media right now shows, that racism, even though by many said to have been 'ended' long time ago, is still very widely present even in regards to large worldwide issues such as employment. I think that this article gives the reader a good amount of facts that can make him/her realise that the issue is not something small, but it is something that is happening in a lot of places all over the country, and so should not be ignored, but acted upon.