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They were dying and they'd not had their money.

Britain's multi-billion pound equal pay scandal by Samira Shackle. Just before Christmas 2005, Mrs. Doykovich was offered what sounded like free money. She was working as a carer, providing

in-home assistance to elderly and disabled people. The letter she received along with

11,000 other women working for Glasgow City Council, told Stoykovich, she was entitled to compensation resulting from wage disparity between men and women.

This was the first time most of the women

had heard they were being paid less than their male counterparts. But what drew

the attention of Stoic and her friends was the promise of a cash injection.

It was a carrot dangling before Christmas.

Everyone wanted to have something for their kids, she told me recently. Stoykich is a no-nonsense woman, born and bred in Glasgow.

When she got the letter, she was in her early 40s,

and had been working as a home carer for about a year. She loved the job and was conscious of its importance.

Sometimes she was the only person someone spoke to that day.

But it did not pay well. Many of Stoicovic's colleagues,

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