Frontline staff employed by local authorities in Falkirk, Renfrewshire and West Dunbartonshire walked out this week in a dispute over wages.
Hundreds of striking care workers will gather in Glasgow today to demand council bosses finally settle long-running disputes over equal pay.
And she warned Humza Yousaf that retrospective equal pay claims could risk sinking local authorities without intervention from the Scottish Government. "But to suggest women workers are somehow making things worse by asking for money they are owed and, in many cases, have been owed for years is as dishonest as it is disgraceful.
“The cost of settling equal pay issues is looming over Scotland’s local councils but is not about women, it is about fairness and has been too long coming.”
Glasgow City Council Falkirk West Dunbartonshire Unions Falkirk Council Renfrewshire Council West Dunbartonshire Council Equal Rights
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