Edinburgh meetings
The 'drop in' meetings arranged in Edinburgh last week were a great success.
Lots of enquiries from people in the former APT&C groups - admin and clerical staff, learning assistants, social care workers and nursery nurses.
Many of our existing Edinburgh clients also came along for a chat - and an update about their claims.
What most people wanted to know was why haven't they been told anything by the council or their trade unions?
Well, the council won't tell you anything about your rights to equal pay - because it will end up costing them money - and that's been their attitude for the past ten years - despite all the empty rhetoric about Edinburgh being an Equal Opportunities employer.
The unions are not really any better.
It's clear the the unions haven't been explaining to their members that the APT&C groups have perfectly valid equal pay claims - and that equal pay is not something that's restricted to 'Manual Workers'.
But the unions will have to explain this for themselves - because it doesn't make any sense.
Anyway, back to the Edinburgh meetings - we also had quite a few requests for more local, follow-up meetings - in Leith, Pilton and Trinity - for example.
We're happy to do that - if people can identify a suitable local venue - all that's needed is 45 minutes, or so, to explain things and answer people's questions.
Drop Mark Irvine an e-mail, if you want to suggest something for your own local area at: markirvine@compuserve.com
Lots of enquiries from people in the former APT&C groups - admin and clerical staff, learning assistants, social care workers and nursery nurses.
Many of our existing Edinburgh clients also came along for a chat - and an update about their claims.
What most people wanted to know was why haven't they been told anything by the council or their trade unions?
Well, the council won't tell you anything about your rights to equal pay - because it will end up costing them money - and that's been their attitude for the past ten years - despite all the empty rhetoric about Edinburgh being an Equal Opportunities employer.
The unions are not really any better.
It's clear the the unions haven't been explaining to their members that the APT&C groups have perfectly valid equal pay claims - and that equal pay is not something that's restricted to 'Manual Workers'.
But the unions will have to explain this for themselves - because it doesn't make any sense.
Anyway, back to the Edinburgh meetings - we also had quite a few requests for more local, follow-up meetings - in Leith, Pilton and Trinity - for example.
We're happy to do that - if people can identify a suitable local venue - all that's needed is 45 minutes, or so, to explain things and answer people's questions.
Drop Mark Irvine an e-mail, if you want to suggest something for your own local area at: markirvine@compuserve.com
