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With women making up most of the care sector, the New Zealand UNICARE member E tū is leading the fight against gender-­based pay discrimination. E tū union member and equal pay hero Kristine Bartlett has taken a landmark legal action that has reinterpreted the 1972 Equal Pay Act winning the case all the way to the Supreme Court. At the moment. E tū is negotiating with employers and the government to turn the legal victory into a settlement that lifts wages to as much as $26 an hour. E tū care members are campaigning and organizing with their coworkers to achieve this pledged pay increase and pay equity for all care workers in the country. This would be the highest pay increase for a lot of care workers in their entire life. There has never been a better time for care workers to join the union and break through on pay equity in Aotearoa.