Debating the Issues 3 (18/04/14)

Here is another set of questions and issues about equal pay in North Lanarkshire Council for people to use in their discussions with local councillors, MSPs and MPs.

I would expect any politician worth his or her salt to stick up for their local constituents and the political allegiance of the Council should not be a factor - because the fight for equal pay ought to transcend party politics.  

So I hope people get stuck in and have their say and remember the whole point about proportional representation is that it allows voters a choice.  

1. How does the council justify such poor offers of settlement to former APT&C workers up to the point when job evaluation was introduced in 2006?
2. Will the Council explain and share the information about the way these offers have been calculated offers to former APT&C workers have been calculated - because they do not seem fair or reasonable which is why they have been rejected by Action 4 Equality Scotland?  
3. What were rates of pay applied to the Council's traditional male jobs (various refuse workers and gardeners) in 2013/14?
4. Why have recent changes been made to the way these jobs are paid - is the Council trying to avoid its obligations in terms of equal pay?  
5. How much money has the Council spent in fighting this case in the Glasgow Employment Tribunal and how does the North Lanarkshire justify the cost involved, given what has happened in South Lanarkshire Council? 

Keep me posted and remember your councillor, MSP or MP is not a highly paid postbox - part of their job is to have opinions on issues and make representations on behalf of local people, not just to pass on the views of North Lanarkshire Council.