Equal pay for Scots care workers mustn’t mean council cuts

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The Scottish Government and local authorities have to find a way to resolve equal pay and protect services, says Record View.

Their commitment to working long hours was often taken for granted while other local authority staff were rewarded with higher wages.

Care workers employed by three local authorities will today rally in George Square in a show of defiance. They have taken strike action as they feel their labour is not being properly rewarded. Local authorities are already struggling to balance the books but that’s not the workers’ fault. Years of real-terms funding cuts passed on by Holyrood are.

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