Debating the Issues
Another reader from North Lanarkshire has been in touch - this time about the what her local MSP has had to say about equal pay.
Apparently, the MSP says this is a personal matter - so it's not appropriate to get involved - and anyway the trade unions are in talks with the council - so hopefully this will sort things out.
What a load of old baloney!
Equal pay is about the law of the land - it’s not a personal matter.
It’s a public policy issue - about pay differences between groups of men and women workers - which the council and the trade unions did nothing about for years.
It's also true that the unions kept their women members deliberately in the dark about equal pay –keeping secret the big differences in pay between different male and female jobs
So why would anyone go to the unions now - for help and advice?
The motto of the story is don’t just accept at face value what an MSP - or MP for that matter - has to say.
Use your knowledge, experience and common sense - about equal pay - to discuss and debate the issues.
For example, the vast majority of claimants in North Lanarkshire are with Action 4 Equality Scotland - as the blog site reports - the trade unions represent a minority of claimants.
Why?
Because the unions behaved so badly in the past - and that's why they've lost all credibility in North Lanarkshire - and lots of other areas into the bargain.
Apparently, the MSP says this is a personal matter - so it's not appropriate to get involved - and anyway the trade unions are in talks with the council - so hopefully this will sort things out.
What a load of old baloney!
Equal pay is about the law of the land - it’s not a personal matter.
It’s a public policy issue - about pay differences between groups of men and women workers - which the council and the trade unions did nothing about for years.
It's also true that the unions kept their women members deliberately in the dark about equal pay –keeping secret the big differences in pay between different male and female jobs
So why would anyone go to the unions now - for help and advice?
The motto of the story is don’t just accept at face value what an MSP - or MP for that matter - has to say.
Use your knowledge, experience and common sense - about equal pay - to discuss and debate the issues.
For example, the vast majority of claimants in North Lanarkshire are with Action 4 Equality Scotland - as the blog site reports - the trade unions represent a minority of claimants.
Why?
Because the unions behaved so badly in the past - and that's why they've lost all credibility in North Lanarkshire - and lots of other areas into the bargain.
