Strike action imminent as equal pay dispute continues
CORDIA workers are expected to go on strike after the overwhelming majority voted in favour of action.
Around 98 per cent of Cordia’s GMB members decided on action after negotiators failed to meet deadlines regarding equal pay settlements.
Branch secretary Shona Thomson said: “We have been underpaid, overworked and overlooked for the last 12 years. We only want what is ours by right, we the lower paid in this city deserve more respect from this council.
“After all, we cook, we clean, we tend to vulnerable people – whether they’re at school, in the community or at home.” by union accused As the previously Evening bosses Glasgow reported Times, have City Council of dragging its feet over equal pay negotiations.
Susan Aitken, leader of Glasgow City Council said: “I, and the city council I lead, remain 100 per cent committed to delivering justice for equal pay claimants who have been waiting for over a decade for this long- running issue to end.
“The council will seek to have a settlement figure agreed with claimants’ representatives by the end of 2018.
“No- one from either side has ever been under any illusion this process would be quick and ”