Women’s Aid workers strike in Glasgow
Members of Unite the Union employed – or formerly employed – by Glasgow East Women’s Aid (GEWA) begin a campaign of rolling strike action and protests on Friday 1 December. The dispute began when Unite members in GEWA lodged a collective grievance about bullying in the workplace. Management’s response was to suspend all thirteen signatories to the grievance. Which kind of proved their point. The mass suspensions deprived service-users and would-be service-users of support from GEWA. GEWA’s offices have been closed for over eight weeks. Vulnerable service-users have been directed to an...