Rewriting History (2)

I wrote the other day about the Unison branch is South Lanarkshire trying to rewrite history over the union's shameful role in the fight for equal pay.

The words below come from Facebook and the comments are directed at a Unison member while the 'author' is an, as yet, unnamed person who appears to be speaking on behalf of the local Unison branch. 

Now I don't know for sure who wrote these words, but I imagine they must be familiar to the Unison branch secretary Stephen Smellie, whose job it is to know what's going on and what is being said or done in the name of the union locally.  

But you know what? 

The 'history' referred to by Unison on Facebook in 2015 is a load of drivel and is flatly contradicted by an illuminating document I have in my possession which is a written report from the Unison Branch Council dating back to 2009 - the covering letter has the reference BR/COUN/SS/JT.

I plan to share the details of this document on the blog site later today and I imagine the contents will be of great assistance to members in South Lanarkshire who are now intent on  holding Unison and its branch officers to account for their behaviour.     

Unison South Lanarkshire

Margaret, if you attended any of the meetings over the years or read any of our briefings you will know the history. We are often misquoted. It was not a case of "never" or "not entitled". Originally UNISON took claims in every other Council except SLC because SLC had the defence of a job evaluation scheme that in those days other Councils didn't have. That position was kept under review as equal pay issues and legal arguments evolved. In 2010 we wrote to all members inviting them to apply for a merit assessment & took cases against SLC thereafter, but not everyone who applied had a case that would win.