Delays by Council top brass could add tens of millions to the final settlement bill, warns GMB.
GMB Union, representing workers across Coventry City Council, have today announced it is re-opening equal pay claims at the authority after what it has called ‘unacceptable’ delays from the Council’s leadership.
The move will see thousands of workers given a fresh opportunity to add their name to the union’s legal challenge against Coventry City Council for the historical pay discrimination faced by the city’s women workers.
The new comes after talks aimed at finding a negotiated settlement to the discrimination collapsed earlier this year.
Union figures have warned that the new claims could add millions to the final settlement bill.
Alice Reynolds, GMB Organiser, said:
“After years of unacceptable delays, Coventry’s women workers have had enough.
“They’re demanding settlement of this historical wrong; an injustice which saw women workers systematically under-paid compared to their male co-workers.
“We’re demanding an apology and for the Council’s top brass to get back around the table with a plan to settle this.
“These new claims, and every additional day they remain unresolved, increase the potential cost the Council may ultimately have to pay.”
