Glasgow MSPs and MPs



Here's the letter I've sent to my local MSP, John Mason, on the fight for equal pay in Glasgow City Council.

Let's hope that politicians of all parties get behind their local constituents by calling on the City Council to accept the judgment of Scotland's highest civil court, the Court of Session.

Because the time has come for Scotland's largest council to draw a line and stop trying to defend Glasgow's indefensible, 'unfit for purpose' WPBR pay arrangements. 


11 January 2018

John Mason
MSP for Glasgow Shettleston 


Dear John 

Glasgow and Equal Pay

Glasgow City Council was resoundingly defeated in the Court of Session, Scotland's highest civil court, on three separate occasions during 2017.
  • Over 'Pay Protection' - the Court of Session found that the City Council failed to protect the interests of female dominated jobs (the majority of the workforce) following the introduction of a new JES (Job Evaluation Scheme) and new pay arrangements in 2006/07.
  • Over the 'WPBR' - the Court of Session found that the City Council's new JES and new pay arrangements (known locally as the Workforce Pay and Benefits Review) were discriminatory, unlawful and 'unfit for purpose'. 
  • Over an application seeking 'leave to appeal' the WPBR judgment to the UK Supreme Court - the Court of Session decided that the City Council had no case and rejected all of their grounds of appeal 
  • All three decisions of the Court of Session were unanimous.
As my local MP for Glasgow Central, I would like to raise the following points:
  1. Do you support the decisions of the Court of Session?
  2. Do you agree that Glasgow City Council should accept the judgment of the Court of Session - and drop any further appeal to the UK Supreme Court in London? 
  3. If so, what are you doing to support your local constituents in the ongoing fight for equal pay in Glasgow which has now reached a critical moment?
The reason for raising these issues with you at this time is that Glasgow City Council has until Wednesday 17 January 2018 to file a further application seeking leave to challenge the Court of Session's WPBR decisions at the UK Supreme Court in London.

I look forward to hearing from you and no doubt by now you will have received an invitation to attend the special A4ES briefing for Glasgow MSPs and MPs which has been arranged for Friday 9 February 2018. 

Kind regards



Mark Irvine 


  


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