Dear All
Steven ‘bin laden’ Purcell, leader of Labour controlled Glasgow City Council was recently pledging a fight to the death with manual staff over changes to working hours with the introduction of four days on, four days off.
The dispute could have led to rubbish mountains on the streets of Glasgow as ‘bin laden’ wanted to use Glasgow citizens as de facto bin men.
Now the threatened strike is off after unions voted to accept a last ditch offer from the city council.
The compromise deal offered by the City Council will see them getting 10 weeks during the year when the four days on, four days off rota will not apply.
This is a major climb down from Purcell’s rhetoric and an admission that what was previously demanded was unfair family working conditions.
So, Labour has got about 80% of what they wanted and will claim this as a victory.
The deal thrashed out will also see a working group set up to monitor the implementation of the new regime and its effects.
The unions now have lost the offer of stand-by payments previously on the table, but their leadership claimed that a work-life balance was more important.
So, the threatened strike has now been binned and everyone can breathe a sigh of relief that the city wouldn’t have Litter Mountains.
Labour Councillor James McNally said;
"I'm very pleased that we have been able to agree a positive deal with our workforce that will allow us to implement four-on, four-off working from Monday."
Kind words from a man who was part of an effort to shaft them!
Yours sincerely
George Laird
The Campaign for Human Rights at Glasgow University
Steven ‘bin laden’ Purcell, leader of Labour controlled Glasgow City Council was recently pledging a fight to the death with manual staff over changes to working hours with the introduction of four days on, four days off.
The dispute could have led to rubbish mountains on the streets of Glasgow as ‘bin laden’ wanted to use Glasgow citizens as de facto bin men.
Now the threatened strike is off after unions voted to accept a last ditch offer from the city council.
The compromise deal offered by the City Council will see them getting 10 weeks during the year when the four days on, four days off rota will not apply.
This is a major climb down from Purcell’s rhetoric and an admission that what was previously demanded was unfair family working conditions.
So, Labour has got about 80% of what they wanted and will claim this as a victory.
The deal thrashed out will also see a working group set up to monitor the implementation of the new regime and its effects.
The unions now have lost the offer of stand-by payments previously on the table, but their leadership claimed that a work-life balance was more important.
So, the threatened strike has now been binned and everyone can breathe a sigh of relief that the city wouldn’t have Litter Mountains.
Labour Councillor James McNally said;
"I'm very pleased that we have been able to agree a positive deal with our workforce that will allow us to implement four-on, four-off working from Monday."
Kind words from a man who was part of an effort to shaft them!
Yours sincerely
George Laird
The Campaign for Human Rights at Glasgow University
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