South Lanarkshire Update
Just back from an excellent meeting in South Lanarkshire - a good turnout with lots of questions and comments.
One thing people often want to know is how can they help - what can they do to knock some sense into the council?
Well they can certainly raise South Lanarkshire's ridiculous FOI behaviour with local councillors and MSPs - and there's plenty of information already on the blog site explaining how to go about that.
Another area where people may be able to help - is in relation to the treatment of traditional male jobs - roadsweepers, refuse workers, gravediggers, gardeners and suchlike - jobs that attracted big bonus payments.
The men doing these jobs have potentially very useful information - because they know what happened with the council's pay structures when South Lanarkshire introduced Single Status - in April 2004.
So, if you know anyone doing such a job - they might be a relative or friend - then get in touch with Mark Irvine at: markirvine@compuserve.com
Even if they have left the council or retired in the past few years - they may still have something useful to say or pass on.
Anyone still employed by the council would have nothing to fear from simply telling the truth - and would also be protected from any victimisation by 'Whistleblowing' legislation.
All such enquiries will be treated in strict confidence.
One thing people often want to know is how can they help - what can they do to knock some sense into the council?
Well they can certainly raise South Lanarkshire's ridiculous FOI behaviour with local councillors and MSPs - and there's plenty of information already on the blog site explaining how to go about that.
Another area where people may be able to help - is in relation to the treatment of traditional male jobs - roadsweepers, refuse workers, gravediggers, gardeners and suchlike - jobs that attracted big bonus payments.
The men doing these jobs have potentially very useful information - because they know what happened with the council's pay structures when South Lanarkshire introduced Single Status - in April 2004.
So, if you know anyone doing such a job - they might be a relative or friend - then get in touch with Mark Irvine at: markirvine@compuserve.com
Even if they have left the council or retired in the past few years - they may still have something useful to say or pass on.
Anyone still employed by the council would have nothing to fear from simply telling the truth - and would also be protected from any victimisation by 'Whistleblowing' legislation.
All such enquiries will be treated in strict confidence.
