Labour in the Spotlight



Here are the eight Labour Party councillors, members of the City Council's Administration Committee, who will help decide on Wednesday whether to accept the unanimous judgment of Scotland's highest civil court, the Court of Session, which has ruled that Glasgow's WPBR pay arrangements are 'unfit for purpose'. 

For the life of me, given what we know now in 2018 and the complete 'kicking' the Council received in the Court of Session, I can't see how any Labour,councillor could vote to prolong this farce, especially with all these trade union members in Labour's ranks.  

  

Labour Councillors

Frank McAveety
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Frank is a former teacher and has (or at least had) a brother who is an official with the Unite trade union. Frank received a donation of £200 to Glasgow's Labour Group to help with election expenses in 2017

Archie Graham
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Archie has been around a long time and knows the difference between doing right and doing wrong. He is a member of the Unite trade union and the husband of the former Labour Scottish Leader and prominent 'feminist' Johann Lamont. I really can't imagine Archie voting to do anything else other than to bite the bullet and settle these cases, but who knows? 

Bill Butler
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Bill is a former Labour MSP who was very 'left-wing' in his time as aI recall. According to Glasgow City Council's register of interests Bill is a member of the GMB union - so how could he possibly do anything other than agree that the time has come for the council to concede defeat? 

Elaine McDougall
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Elaine is another member of the GMB trade union - enough said!

Martin Rhodes
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Martin is apparently employed as a Director of the Scottish Fair Trade Forum, a charity and company limited by guarantee. Martin is also another member of the Unite trade union.


Matt Kerr
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Matt appears to be a slightly younger member of the Labour contingent on Glasgow City Council and as well as being Chair of the Licensing Board (for which he receives a salary of £24,341) Martin is a member of the CWU trade union.

Maureen Burke
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Maureen was temporarily appointed to the position of Organiser for Anas Sarwar's election campaign to become Labour leader (which was unsuccessful), but appears to be one of the few Labour councillors not to be a trade union member although I understand that Maureen did work for well known Glasgow 'feminist' politician in Margaret Curran - so surely her support should be 'in the bag'

Soryia Siddique
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Soryia is a Science Lecturer as well as being a Glasgow councillor, but why would a young women rooted in the traditions of the Labour Party be anything other than supportive on the issue of equal pay?

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