North Lanarkshire Council
North Lanarkshire Council has still to respond to our letter on Equal Pay and the forthcoming GMF hearing - see post dated 5 February 2010.
So, to encourage a healthy debate on this issue - the letter has now been sent to local MPs and MSPs in the North Lanarkshire area.
Because MPs and local party activists will soon be out campaigning for people's votes - in a general election that is only weeks away.
The election campaign will coincide with the run up to North Lanarkshire's GMF hearing in April 2010.
So this is an ideal opportunity for local people to invite the politicians to come off the fence on equal pay - in support of their local constituents.
Just where do the MPs and MSPs stand on equal pay - what do they think about the council's delaying tactics - and what are they doing to support their constituents?
Over the next few days we will publish contact details for local MPs and MSPs.
The more people who join the campaign for North Lanarkshire's politicians to come off the fence - the sooner the council will come to its senses.
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
So, to encourage a healthy debate on this issue - the letter has now been sent to local MPs and MSPs in the North Lanarkshire area.
Because MPs and local party activists will soon be out campaigning for people's votes - in a general election that is only weeks away.
The election campaign will coincide with the run up to North Lanarkshire's GMF hearing in April 2010.
So this is an ideal opportunity for local people to invite the politicians to come off the fence on equal pay - in support of their local constituents.
Just where do the MPs and MSPs stand on equal pay - what do they think about the council's delaying tactics - and what are they doing to support their constituents?
Over the next few days we will publish contact details for local MPs and MSPs.
The more people who join the campaign for North Lanarkshire's politicians to come off the fence - the sooner the council will come to its senses.
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
