CCTV OPERATORS INDUSTRIAL ACTION IN GLASGOW

That this House notes the current industrial action undertaken by 19 CCTV operator staff members employed by Community Safety Glasgow, an arms length council company, over the lack of additional payments for shift working; further notes these workers work in 12-hour shifts 365 days a year, including Christmas Day, New Years Day and public holidays, and that staff working a similar work pattern in Glasgow City Council attract an additional payment of £7,500 a year; notes that these workers have helped identify key information in high profile incidents; agrees that at a time when Parliament is debating premium payments and low wages, such discrepancies in pay require to be highlighted by parliamentarians; notes the key role of the trade union movement in highlighting pay discrepancies; is concerned that such differences in pay for staff employed in the Glasgow City Council job family is discriminatory; and encourages Community Safety Glasgow to settle this industrial dispute.