What did the Glasgow Women’s Strike mean to those involved, and what is it’s legacy?
IN OCTOBER of 2018, historic equal pay strikes rocked the city of Glasgow. Eight months later and payouts are starting to be made.
CommonSpace journalist David Jamieson met with some of the women involved with the strike to find out what it meant to them.
The first of a new regular online show with CommonSpace journalists David Jamieson and Rhiannon Davies
In the pilot episode, CommonSpace is joined by freelance journalist Eve Livingston to take a look at the Equal Pay Strike that rocked Glasgow last year, when around 8000 women took at stand against pay disparity. Eve Livingston is shortlisted for an Orwell Prize for her coverage of the strike.
George Kerevan said the Scottish Government should meet ‘just pay claims’, even if it means breaking Treasury rules
LEADING SNP activists have urged independence supporters to avoid a rift with the trade union movement, after a week of industrial action and protests which has led to some in the SNP and wider independence movement to question the sincerity of workers’ demands.
Reporting of the Glasgow Women’s Strike has focused on the political dynamics, but the issues it raises are global and systemic – how to achieve gender equality in practise.
COVERAGE of the Glasgow Women’s Strike thus far has focused on the national political dynamics with strong suggestions that the unions’ full attention on the issue was only sharpened as a consequence of the SNP taking over leadership of Glasgow City Council in May 2017.
Nicola Sturgeon said she had “nothing but admiration for the women involved”, and placed the blame for the strike at the door of previous Labour Council administrations
WOMEN council workers across Glasgow today began a two-day strike over a pay dispute with Glasgow City Council stretching back 12 years.
Beyond the Noise with David Jamieson is a weekly podcast with CommonSpace journalist David Jamieson, where he gets behind the 24/7 outrage-driven social media news circus and gets to heart of issues, trying to find the substance behind the headlines.
IN THIS episode, Jamieson speaks with workers about the forthcoming strike by Glasgow City Council (GCC) women workers for equal pay.
More than 8000 women are expected to strike across GCC services on 23 and 24 October.
Among other things, the trade unionists discuss:
Unison and GMB warn of industrial action if council fails to work with claimants on settlement
GLASGOW CITY Council has been accused of breaking its promise to negotiate a settlement of equal play claims put forward by over 7,000 predominantly low-paid women.
The council agreed in January to settle the dispute without legal challenge after a ruling confirmed that pay structures put in place in 2006 were discriminatory.
CommonSpace columnist Ben Simmons says there are things men can do to play their role in closing the gender pay gap
#GENDERPAYGAP is trending today on Twitter so let’s talk salaries. Why is it so awkward to tell people what we earn?