North Lanarkshire Council - Stop Press
Last minute discussions with North Lanarkshire Council (late on Friday) - mean that tomorrow's GMF hearing will not now be going ahead.
The council has agreed to make revised offers of settlement - which will include previously excluded groups such as Home Carers - but the claims of former APT&C employees still have to be resolved.
Instead, the GMF hearing will be converted into a CMD (Case Management Discussion).
If any Action 4 Equality Scotland clients attend, they should make themselves known to Paul Clark - who will be attending for the Fox Cross legal team.
Letters will be sent out to all Action 4 Equality Scotland clients by the end of the week - explaining the next steps and details of the proposed settlement.
As our clients know, the behaviour of the trade unions in North Lanarkshire was truly awful.
The unions abandoned their members and lined up with management from the outset - which is why so many people came to Action 4 Equality Scotland for advice and support.
It's been a long hard fight - but this is a real breakthrough for groups such as the Home Carers - and the fight for equal pay will continue for any job categories (e.g. former APT&C employees) that North Lanarkshire is unwilling to settle at this stage.
More details will follow.
The council has agreed to make revised offers of settlement - which will include previously excluded groups such as Home Carers - but the claims of former APT&C employees still have to be resolved.
Instead, the GMF hearing will be converted into a CMD (Case Management Discussion).
If any Action 4 Equality Scotland clients attend, they should make themselves known to Paul Clark - who will be attending for the Fox Cross legal team.
Letters will be sent out to all Action 4 Equality Scotland clients by the end of the week - explaining the next steps and details of the proposed settlement.
As our clients know, the behaviour of the trade unions in North Lanarkshire was truly awful.
The unions abandoned their members and lined up with management from the outset - which is why so many people came to Action 4 Equality Scotland for advice and support.
It's been a long hard fight - but this is a real breakthrough for groups such as the Home Carers - and the fight for equal pay will continue for any job categories (e.g. former APT&C employees) that North Lanarkshire is unwilling to settle at this stage.
More details will follow.
