Co-hosts Australia call out World Cup 支払う／賃金 不平等
By Ian 身代金
MELBOURNE, July 17 (Reuters) - Australia's Matildas have 解放（する）d a ビデオ 声明 calling out gender 不平等 in World Cup prize money and 発言する／表明するing support for women players 否定するd "the basic 権利" of 集団の／共同の 取引ing in 支払う／賃金 交渉s.
The ビデオ, supported by Australia's professional players union, features every member of the co-hosts' Women's World Cup squad and comes まっただ中に 支払う／賃金 論争s at 多重の teams at the tournament starting on Thursday.
The Matildas went on strike in 2015 to 需要・要求する better 支払う／賃金 and have received the same 最小限 百分率 of prize money for tournaments as the Australia 国家の men's team, the Socceroos, since a 2019 集団の／共同の 取引ing 協定.
However, they will compete for a fraction of the $440 million total prize pool 申し込む／申し出d to the men's teams at last year's World Cup in Qatar.
"Seven hundred and thirty-six footballers have the honour of 代表するing their countries on the biggest 行う／開催する／段階 this tournament, yet many are still 否定するd the basic 権利 to organise and collectively 取引," the players say in the ビデオ.
"集団の／共同の 取引ing has 許すd us to 確実にする we now get the same 条件s as the Socceroos, with one exception - FIFA will still only 申し込む／申し出 women one ４半期/4分の1 as much prize money as men for the same 業績／成就.
"We call on those who run the game to work to 供給する 適切な時期s for girls and women in football, whether that be players, coaches, 行政官／管理者s or 公式の／役人s."
全世界の 治める／統治するing 団体／死体 FIFA did not 供給する 即座の comment.
The total prize pool for the Women's World Cup is $110 million, 概略で 300% higher than what FIFA 申し込む／申し出d for the 2019 tournament in フラン.
FIFA is 目的（とする）ing for prize money parity by the time of the next men's and women's World Cups in 2026 and 2027, それぞれ.
Players from Women's World Cup teams England, Canada and Nigeria have been in 論争 with their 連合s over 支払う／賃金 in the leadup to the tournament in Australia and New Zealand.
The Matildas' 声明 is reminiscent of the ビデオ 解放（する）d by the Socceroos ahead of the 2022 World Cup which spoke out against Qatar's 記録，記録的な／記録する on human 権利s and same-sex 関係s.
(報告（する）／憶測ing by Ian 身代金 in Melbourne; Editing by Shri Navaratnam)
