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Sex discrimination: Trade union indirectly discriminated against members

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    Allen and others v GMB [2008] IRLR 690 CA (0 other reports)

In Allen and others v GMB [2008] IRLR 690, the Court of Appeal held that a trade union indirectly discriminated against a group of its members where its aim was to secure pay protection and future pay for employees, but its means of achieving this aim - persuading women with historic equal pay claims to settle them disadvantageously - were disproportionate.