Unison Glasgow City Branch

Glasgow City Council and ALEOs Equal Pay Update
This is an update on issues related to equal pay which affect all UNISON members who work for Glasgow City Council, Glasgow Life and ALEOs.
If you do not have an individual equal pay claim lodged for past pay discrimination and would like to submit one then please e-mail UNISON at e@unison.co.uk for a claim form providing your name, national insurance number and the first line of your address. If you are planning to leave Coun...
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Living Rent Tenants Union
Earlier this year Living Rent spoke at our Branch Committee to introduce the tenants’ union to members of our union branch. With campaigns ranging from #winterbreak (seeking to establish a period where evictions are not carried out because of the cold weather); to resisting the Serco lock changes of failed asylum seekers; to Seize the Fees and Not a Penny on the Rent - Living Rent has developed socially conscious political perspectives that resonate... with the campaigns UNISON Glasgow Branch chooses to involve itself in, as well as securing victories in both the socially rented and private rented sector.
Where your trade union will represent you when dealing with your employer; a tenants’ union will similarly represent you when dealing with your landlord. In private lets this tends to be for repairs, illegal fees and illegal rent increases where with socially rented tenancies the issues have been around energy use/costs and rent increases to date. These are issues that are common among working class communities and among the council workforce, and are better fought collectively with people who have been through the same issues and have found themselves having to take similar types of action – direct action or picketing get results when you are there in numbers.
This year Living Rent are celebrating the centenary of Red Clydeside and remembering the legacy of Mary Barbour and the rent strikers.
And you don’t need to be a tenant to join Living Rent – tenants can join as members and homeowners can join as supporters.
Check out https://www.livingrent.org/ for more info and how to join.
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Assistance with Equal Pay Settlement Forms
Today UNISON will be holding a final drop-in session at our branch office, 84 Bell Street, G1 1LQ for members who need help to complete their equal pay settlement forms on:
- Thursday 6th of June from 11am to 7pm

New Equal Pay Claims only 👇
Please note any member requesting an Equal Pay form should email e@unison.co.uk & must contain:
· Membership number... · National Insurance number · First line of address
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Equal Pay Settlements FAQ
Please find below a FAQ provided by your joint claimants legal team. Please share with others.
https://unison-scotland.org/…/Equal-pay -GCC-Settlement-QA-1…

To all members receiving equal pay offers this weekend
Please remember that out of court settlements are confidential agreements. This means that you cannot discuss your offer outside of your immediate family and your lawyers. If you tell people outside your family, your payment can be stopped.
Social media is not a secure as people might think and you should not share information about your offer there.
... If you attend a UNISON drop in session, our advisers will help you fill in the forms. They do not need to know your offer to do that.
Suzanne Craig Legal Officer - Solicitor UNISON Legal Services
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👉 Starting next week our branch will be providing drop in sessions for members who have received an equal pay offer. ✍️ Members may want help or assistance with the paperwork. To prepare for that we are holding two training sessions this week for our branch volunteers, the UNISON Glasgow City stewards. 🤓

Assistance with Equal Pay Settlement Forms
UNISON will be holding drop-in sessions at our branch office, 84 Bell Street, G1 1LQ for members who need help to complete their equal pay settlement forms on:
- Tuesday 28th May from 11am to 5pm... - Wednesday 29th May from 11am to 7pm - Friday 31st May from 11am to 4pm
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Equal Pay Settlements - The Forms.
This is a very helpful video produced by Action 4 Equality Scotland. Thank you.
PLEASE NOTE: ... If you are a UNISON member and your claim is with Morton Fraser and you have a further enquiry please email: e@unison.co.uk. Not the A4E email at the end of this video.
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TUC general secretary Frances O'Grady said the research revealed a "hidden epidemic" of LGBT abuse.
She said: "In 2019 LGBT people should be safe and supported at work. But instead they're experiencing shockingly high levels of sexual harassment and assault."
... "Workplace culture needs to change."
She said the government needed to "change the law to put the responsibility for preventing harassment on employers, not victims".
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