Empty Rhetoric
I had a good laugh at this article from The Guardian in which the Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn tries to paint himself as a champion of equal pay.
Now this is because Jezza's politics are nothing new, in fact they're the same old brand of trade union inspired 'municipal socialism' which presided over discriminatory pay arrangements in Scottish local government for years.
Just take a look at some of Jezza's supporters in parts of Scotland where the fight for equal pay has been raging since 2005.
In North Lanarkshire, for example, the former constituency MSP for Airdrie and Shotts, Elaine Smith, a self-styled socialist and feminist, has been a member of the Jeremy Corbyn 'fan club' for some time.
Elaine, of course, has featured on the blog site previously and like most Labour MSPs she was not a fierce public critic of the local Labour-run council over its unequal pay arrangements.
Just across the M8, as regular readers know, the local Unison branch in South Lanarkshire actively discouraged its members from pursuing equal pay claims against the local Labour-run council, despite (or perhaps because of) its 'left-leaning' political credentials.
So if you ask me, Jeremy Corbyn has zero credibility over the fight for equal pay in Scotland or anywhere else - just like his admirers and supporters in the former Labour heartlands of Lanarkshire.
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/jul/20/jeremy-corbyn-to-set-out-measures-tackling-discrimination-at-work
Jeremy Corbyn to set out measures tackling discrimination at work
Launching his campaign for re-election, the Labour leader will propose extending compulsory pay audits to smaller firms
Jeremy Corbyn at the Tolpuddle Martyrs festival, July 2016. Photograph: Geoff Moore/Rex/Shutterstock
By Heather Stewart - The Guardian
Jeremy Corbyn is expected to promise that a Labour government would tackle discrimination by forcing all but the smallest firms to carry out compulsory pay audits of their staff, as he launches his campaign for re-election as party leader on Thursday.
Labour is keen to show that Corbyn and his shadow cabinet, which has been diminished by scores of resignations since the EU referendum last month, can still produce radical new policies. His team have been stung by accusations from his rival Owen Smith that he has failed to turn slogans into concrete plans.
Labour supporters have cooled on Corbyn, Guardian survey finds
David Cameron’s government introduced compulsory pay audits for firms with over 250 staff, to reveal whether they are discriminating against female employees.
Corbyn is expected to say a future Labour government would extend that policy to every firm with at least 21 staff; and to cover other potentially disadvantaged groups, including disabled people and employees from ethnic minority backgrounds.
In a speech in London as he formally launches his campaign against his challenger, Corbyn is expected to say he wants to update social reformer William Beveridge’s “five evils”, for the 21st century – and plans to announce policies over the next five months to tackle each of them, with the first being “discrimination”
By Heather Stewart - The Guardian
Jeremy Corbyn is expected to promise that a Labour government would tackle discrimination by forcing all but the smallest firms to carry out compulsory pay audits of their staff, as he launches his campaign for re-election as party leader on Thursday.
Labour is keen to show that Corbyn and his shadow cabinet, which has been diminished by scores of resignations since the EU referendum last month, can still produce radical new policies. His team have been stung by accusations from his rival Owen Smith that he has failed to turn slogans into concrete plans.
Labour supporters have cooled on Corbyn, Guardian survey finds
David Cameron’s government introduced compulsory pay audits for firms with over 250 staff, to reveal whether they are discriminating against female employees.
Corbyn is expected to say a future Labour government would extend that policy to every firm with at least 21 staff; and to cover other potentially disadvantaged groups, including disabled people and employees from ethnic minority backgrounds.
In a speech in London as he formally launches his campaign against his challenger, Corbyn is expected to say he wants to update social reformer William Beveridge’s “five evils”, for the 21st century – and plans to announce policies over the next five months to tackle each of them, with the first being “discrimination”
