Nicola Sturgeon blasts Labour after women 'robbed of money' during equal pay dispute in Glasgow
dailyrecord.co.ukNicola Sturgeon has said female council workers in Glasgow were "robbed of money" by the city's previous Labour administration during a long-running dispute over equal pay.
The First Minister hit out as she made a campaign visit to an east end community centre with less than one week before voters go to the polls to elect new councillors.
The SNP won power on Scotland's largest local authority at the last council elections in 2017 - but the administration has faced criticism from residents over the condition of the city during the pandemic.
Council leader Susan Aitken also had to deal with a protracted industrial dispute with refuse workers.But Sturgeon insisted her party had delivered for Glasgow and pointed to the pay settlement in 2019 with 13,000 women.The council paid out £505 million to end a legal challenge over an unfair pay grade system which saw some male council workers historically earn more than females.A second equal pay claim is currently being worked out by council officials with a view to another settlement later this year.
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