Securing equal pay

This House recognises the years of pay discrimination that local government workers – primarily women – endured under Labour administrations in Scotland; recognises the determination shown by those workers in their fight for equal pay; welcomes the progress that councils across Scotland have made in providing equal pay settlements to thousands of workers; recognises the great lengths that are still required to completely end gender discrimination in the workplace and deliver equal pay; condemns the UK Government’s attacks on workers’ rights and trade unions through the Trade Union Act 2016 and calls for the Act to be abolished; and recognises the need for a Bill to strengthen workers’ rights to end pay discrimination including statutory rights for union equality reps, allowing cross-employer comparators in equal pay cases, and stronger maternity, paternity and caring rights at work.