Fife Council
Fife Council has been caught out telling 'porky pies' to a Scottish MSP.
Council managers have - for some odd reason - been advising Tricia Marwick (MSP) that Fife's equal pay claims seemed to have been forgotten and were just gathering dust in some back office!
Thankfully, one of our Fife clients passed on a copy of the correspondence between the council and MSP - and Action 4 Equality has now written to Tricia Marwick setting the record straight.
The truth is that we have written to Fife Council twice in recent weeks - suggesting an urgent meeting to resolve all the outstanding claims and it's the council that's failed to respond - the exact opposite of what their senior managers were telling one of the local Fife MSPs.
So, the moral of the story is don't believe what the employers have to say - they have been telling lies and keeping people in the dark about equal pay for years - and a few more 'dirty tricks' at this stage won't cause them to lose any sleep!
We have made it plain to Tricia Marwick that Action 4 Equality stands ready to meet Fife Council within a matter of days, if necessary - and we have urged Tricia to use her good offices to bring the council to the negotiating table - instead of spreading lies and deliberate disinformation.
So, here's hoping there will be an outbreak of common sense - soon.
Council managers have - for some odd reason - been advising Tricia Marwick (MSP) that Fife's equal pay claims seemed to have been forgotten and were just gathering dust in some back office!
Thankfully, one of our Fife clients passed on a copy of the correspondence between the council and MSP - and Action 4 Equality has now written to Tricia Marwick setting the record straight.
The truth is that we have written to Fife Council twice in recent weeks - suggesting an urgent meeting to resolve all the outstanding claims and it's the council that's failed to respond - the exact opposite of what their senior managers were telling one of the local Fife MSPs.
So, the moral of the story is don't believe what the employers have to say - they have been telling lies and keeping people in the dark about equal pay for years - and a few more 'dirty tricks' at this stage won't cause them to lose any sleep!
We have made it plain to Tricia Marwick that Action 4 Equality stands ready to meet Fife Council within a matter of days, if necessary - and we have urged Tricia to use her good offices to bring the council to the negotiating table - instead of spreading lies and deliberate disinformation.
So, here's hoping there will be an outbreak of common sense - soon.
