More Union Cock-Ups
A number of readers from Midlothian have been in touch - because their trade union apparently failed to register their equal pay claims with the Employment Tribunal.
The members involved have been told that their claims are now time barred - and cannot proceed any further - which came as a great shock after all this time.
So far, the union has failed to accept any responsibility - and the members are now considering legal action against the union to recover their financial loss.
Now you would have thought that a big trade union - with huge resources - would just put its hands up in a situation like this - and agree to compensate its low paid members who can ill afford to be out of pocket.
But no - not so far at least.
Even though whatever has gone wrong is down to the union and not the members - who are simply fighting for their right to equal pay.
The members involved have been told that their claims are now time barred - and cannot proceed any further - which came as a great shock after all this time.
So far, the union has failed to accept any responsibility - and the members are now considering legal action against the union to recover their financial loss.
Now you would have thought that a big trade union - with huge resources - would just put its hands up in a situation like this - and agree to compensate its low paid members who can ill afford to be out of pocket.
But no - not so far at least.
Even though whatever has gone wrong is down to the union and not the members - who are simply fighting for their right to equal pay.
