Equal pay progress at Scottish council


A breakthrough has been achieved by the GMB general union with North Lanarkshire Council over equal pay.


The GMB has backed hundreds of low-paid women across services like home care, cleaning and janitorial staff, in their fight for equal pay justice.


Hazel Nolan, GMB Scotland organiser, said: “A recent change in leadership at the council prompted fresh negotiations and improved settlement offers subsequently followed, meaning ... members can now look forward to significant equal pay awards.


The union's Equal Pay Now! campaign was organised after women members were forced into a protracted dispute with the council's previous leadership over pay disparities with their male counterparts. 


“The new council leadership immediately recognised the need to resolve this inequality and their willingness to work with GMB Scotland in negotiating a proper settlement means our members are at last getting justice,” Nolan said


www.gmb.org.uk/newsroom/equal-pay-north-lanarkshire