Glasgow Unison Goes Bonkers
The Evening Times reports tonight that Glasgow Unison is threatening to call 10,000 members out on strike over in a row over pay protection.
Unison claims that the council has reneged on its promise not to cut individual wages following the Workforce Pay and Benefits Review (WPBR).
Unison says 400 people are affected - the council says 58 - but the real story is what this says about trade union priorities in Glasgow
Funny how Unison never threatened to call its 10,000 members out on strike during all the years since 1999 - when thousands of low paid women's jobs were so badly undervalued and underpaid.
A new national agreement was signed in 1999 - and promised to sweep away the widespread pay discrimination that existed between male and female jobs - but nothing happened until Action 4 Equality Scotland and Stefan Cross came along.
Certainly no one in Glasgow Unison was calling for strike action - even though the women workers were losing thousands of pounds every year.
So, either someone in Glasgow Unison is having a laugh - or the branch is in desperate need of a reality check.
Ordinary members won't support such a strike.
Unison claims that the council has reneged on its promise not to cut individual wages following the Workforce Pay and Benefits Review (WPBR).
Unison says 400 people are affected - the council says 58 - but the real story is what this says about trade union priorities in Glasgow
Funny how Unison never threatened to call its 10,000 members out on strike during all the years since 1999 - when thousands of low paid women's jobs were so badly undervalued and underpaid.
A new national agreement was signed in 1999 - and promised to sweep away the widespread pay discrimination that existed between male and female jobs - but nothing happened until Action 4 Equality Scotland and Stefan Cross came along.
Certainly no one in Glasgow Unison was calling for strike action - even though the women workers were losing thousands of pounds every year.
So, either someone in Glasgow Unison is having a laugh - or the branch is in desperate need of a reality check.
Ordinary members won't support such a strike.
