North Lanarkshire - Constituency MSPs
MSPs in North Lanarkshire - as well as MPs - have been contacted by Action 4 Equality Scotland - over the council's foot-dragging behaviour on equal pay.
Most of the MPs' responded quickly - perhaps because there's a general election on the horizon.
But the constituency MSPs - all Labour MSPs, by the way - and with close links to Labour controlled North Lanarkshire Council - have all been strangely silent.
Yet, they'll all be out there on polling day - MPs and MSPs together - asking for your votes and support for the Labour Party.
So, why not ask them what they're doing to help their constituents on equal pay?
Here are the names and contact details for the North Lanarkshire constituency MSPs:
Cathie Craigie MSP - Cumbernauld and Kilsyth Constituency
Tel: 01236 825372
E-mail: Cathie.Craigie.msp@scottish.parliament.uk
Jack McConnell MSP - Motherwell and Wishaw Constituency
Tel: 01698 303040
E-mail: Jack.McConnell.msp@scottish.parliament.uk
Michael McMahon MSP - Hamilton North and Bellshill Constituency
Tel: 01698 304501
E-mail: Michael.McMahon.msp@scottish.parliament.uk
Elaine Smith MSP - Coatbridge and Chryston
Tel: 01236 449122
E-mail: Elaine.Smith.msp@scottish.parliament.uk
Karen Whitefield MSP - Airdrie and Shotts
Tel: 01501 822200
E-mail: Karen.Whitefield.msp@scottish.parliament.uk
Here's a copy of the e-mail sent to all MPs and MSPs - in the North Lanarkshire Council area
By e-mail
Dear MP/MSP
North Lanarkshire Council and Equal Pay
I enclose a copy of a letter on equal pay to the Leader of North Lanarkshire Council, Councillor Jim McCabe.
For good reason, many claimants in North Lanarkshire feel that the council has been deliberately dragging its feet, trying to frustrate the process, instead of getting to the heart of the matter.
Groups like Home Carers feel especially strongly about the council’s delaying tactics – which include raising bogus procedural points and unnecessary appeals – only for these issues to be abandoned at a later date without ever being tested in the Employment Tribunals.
We are urging North Lanarkshire Council to take a common sense approach over the outstanding claims, as a growing number of councils have done in recent months.
We are also encouraging Action 4 Equality Scotland clients to engage with and lobby their local councillors, MSPs and MPs – as we approach the North Lanarkshire GMF hearing in April 2010.
If you require any further information, please let me know.
Kind regards
Mark Irvine
Most of the MPs' responded quickly - perhaps because there's a general election on the horizon.
But the constituency MSPs - all Labour MSPs, by the way - and with close links to Labour controlled North Lanarkshire Council - have all been strangely silent.
Yet, they'll all be out there on polling day - MPs and MSPs together - asking for your votes and support for the Labour Party.
So, why not ask them what they're doing to help their constituents on equal pay?
Here are the names and contact details for the North Lanarkshire constituency MSPs:
Cathie Craigie MSP - Cumbernauld and Kilsyth Constituency
Tel: 01236 825372
E-mail: Cathie.Craigie.msp@scottish.parliament.uk
Jack McConnell MSP - Motherwell and Wishaw Constituency
Tel: 01698 303040
E-mail: Jack.McConnell.msp@scottish.parliament.uk
Michael McMahon MSP - Hamilton North and Bellshill Constituency
Tel: 01698 304501
E-mail: Michael.McMahon.msp@scottish.parliament.uk
Elaine Smith MSP - Coatbridge and Chryston
Tel: 01236 449122
E-mail: Elaine.Smith.msp@scottish.parliament.uk
Karen Whitefield MSP - Airdrie and Shotts
Tel: 01501 822200
E-mail: Karen.Whitefield.msp@scottish.parliament.uk
Here's a copy of the e-mail sent to all MPs and MSPs - in the North Lanarkshire Council area
By e-mail
Dear MP/MSP
North Lanarkshire Council and Equal Pay
I enclose a copy of a letter on equal pay to the Leader of North Lanarkshire Council, Councillor Jim McCabe.
For good reason, many claimants in North Lanarkshire feel that the council has been deliberately dragging its feet, trying to frustrate the process, instead of getting to the heart of the matter.
Groups like Home Carers feel especially strongly about the council’s delaying tactics – which include raising bogus procedural points and unnecessary appeals – only for these issues to be abandoned at a later date without ever being tested in the Employment Tribunals.
We are urging North Lanarkshire Council to take a common sense approach over the outstanding claims, as a growing number of councils have done in recent months.
We are also encouraging Action 4 Equality Scotland clients to engage with and lobby their local councillors, MSPs and MPs – as we approach the North Lanarkshire GMF hearing in April 2010.
If you require any further information, please let me know.
Kind regards
Mark Irvine
