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First Minister and Equal Pay

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Glasgow City Council keeps claiming to have little or no working knowledge about its controversial Employee Development Commitment (EDC) scheme which gave former bonus earning jobs a guarantee about their future earnings. But just look at the document below which is a Glasgow  City Council Progress Report on the EDC dated 13 February 2017. Not only does this GCC official document identity EDC beneficiaries by their different  council departments, the table also explains the way in which former bonus earnings will be maintained. The point being that if such a document exists to explain the Council's EDC position as at February 2007 there must be a letter version and other documents which explain how the men's pay was affected. Now council officials claim that finding this information is a Herculean and highly expensive task exercise which is a whole load of bollix if you ask me. Which is why the Council leadership and the First Minister should send in people who know