Labour sent solidarity to Glasgow's striking women – and everyone's making the same point

THOUSANDS of women are striking in Glasgow during the next 48 hours over pay inequality.

The dispute involves carers, cleaners and caterers across the city who demand that the council return to “meaningful negotiations” to deliver settlements over pay.

So how did this begin?

Pay inequality has been an issue in Glasgow City Council for decades under the previous Labour administrations. In 2006 a new scheme was introduced to tackle the issue.

However, as it was a Labour-run council, unsurprisingly they only made things worse...

Now it's down to the SNP to fix the mess, and negotiations have stalled.

Both the leader of Scottish Labour, Richard Leonard, and Jeremy Corbyn have offered their solidarity to the strikers. However, everyone on Twitter is making the exact same point.

The previous Labour council spent a whopping £2.5 million to fight equal pay claims from female staff... so much for solidarity.

Here's how it's gone down on Twitter.

The audacity - Scottish Labour soent millions taking the women to court rather than give them equal pay - Jeremy we see what you’re doing https://t.co/RulbFAqXMP

— Janey Godley (@JaneyGodley) October 23, 2018

Solidarity is a really funny way to spell Craven Opportunist https://t.co/sOOm3cLELE pic.twitter.com/TWZ9BjhiBP

— Traquir (@traquir) October 23, 2018

You screaming hypocrite. (Ever wonder why you and Corbyn are still behind the Tories?)

— Derek Bateman (@DerekBateman2) October 23, 2018

Shame that Labour denied them equal pay for all the decades that Glasgow was SLabs personal Fiefdom. Seems empty shouting now in attempt to deflect responsibilty for creating the situation

— Ann Royden (@Coigach1) October 23, 2018

Just a reminder that women have died whilst waiting for equal pay, but never saw it because Labour fought these very same workers for so long whilst they were in power.

Labour will only stand up for workers when it benefits them. https://t.co/mJzugaHvym

— Cameron Archibald (@MammothWhale) October 23, 2018

Dictionary please show me a brass neck. https://t.co/VSpvRlRVKd

— (((Lennie))) (@drgs100) October 23, 2018

A problem that will cost the (now SNP council) millions to (rightfully) correct. Perhaps it should come from the pockets of Labour rather than tax payers as it was their 39 year tenure in Glasgow Council that led to this?

— Fionn McFarlane ✨ (@FinlayMcF) October 23, 2018

They wouldn’t be on strike if the then Labour run council paid them what they were rightfully owed and didn’t spend millions of pounds of council taxpayers money fighting against them. It has now fallen to @theSNP to sort this out and @SusaninLangside will get it done. https://t.co/An0ZXc8Hek

— Stewart McDonald MP (@StewartMcDonald) October 23, 2018

Where was the solidarity when your party was spending millions in court to deny them equal pay? #GlasgowWomensStrike https://t.co/El3DKsROD5

— Ian (@iansinkins) October 23, 2018

Absolutely, I send my solidarity too. Rather disingenuous of you though, given it was Labour controlled Glasgow City Council who created the unequal pay & then spent millions fighting against the women’s case. Where was your solidarity then? https://t.co/xozyC5Kxk8

— Jane McLenachan (@jane_mclenachan) October 23, 2018