Get Your Message Across


A reader from North Lanarkshire has been in touch to say that she has received an encouraging reply to a recent e-mail on equal pay - form her local MSP - Jamie Hepburn (SNP).

The reader raised a variety of issues including those suggested in a previous post to the blog site - about North Lanarkshire Council dragging its feet, having secret discussions with the trade unions and generally keeping the workforce in the dark.

Despite having set aside the money required to settle these outstanding cases - back in March 2011.

Now the MSP says - quite reasonably - that he can't answer these questions, but that he will raise them urgently with North Lanarkshire Council - on behalf of his local constituent.

With the local council elections only weeks away - North Lanarkshire Council should be put on the spot and forced to explain its behaviour.

Which is not asking a lot in the scheme of things - in fact it's local democracy in action - so let's hope more MSPs do the same.

Here are some of the points highlighted on the blog site previously:

1 Why is North Lanarkshire Council continuing to drag its feet?


2 Other Scottish settled these cases long ago.


3 North Lanarkshire set aside money to settle in March 2011.


4 So why is NLC still playing games one year on?


5 Why NLC trying to settle cases now on poorer terms than previously?


6 Why have there been secret discussions with the trade unions?


7 Why has the workforce not been kept informed?

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