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Equal pay campaign gains momentum The delay in getting job evaluation up and running will affect members who are pursuing equal pay claims against the Council. Many members will have 'secondary' claims over and above their existing claim. John Ross, Service Conditions Convener, who is coordinating the campaign said "I don't think anyone anticipated the number of claims and the complexities in following them through. "We have hundreds of claims arising from our initial exercise with manual workers and those were only the group who refused the council's bribe of a one-off sum. They have now been joined by colleagues who took the money with the assurance all Job Evaluation talks would be concluded by October 2006" These claims were submitted for staff such as domestics, home helps and kitchen staff. The focus is now on putting in cases for hundreds of low-paid APT &C members. Library Staff and GS1 -3 clerical workers are likely to be in this group. John stressed the branch is committed to putting resources into this campaign and has taken on additional staff to assist in the complex administrative duties. He said "We may be some way from concluding this campaign but, at all levels, this union is committed to getting members the full package which is rightfully theirs under the Equal Pay legislation." |
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