Care workers employed by Enable Scotland to take strike action in Lanarkshire this week in continuing dispute over pay
Care workers employed by Enable Scotland are to take strike action in Lanarkshire this week in a continuing dispute over pay.
This is part of a co-ordinated wave of walkouts rolling out over five days across Scotland.
The industrial action began in East Renfrewshire and continued last week in Aberdeenshire and Ayrshire, with further strikes scheduled for Edinburgh and Glasgow over the coming days.
UNISON Scotland regional organiser Jennifer McCarey said: 'This has been a difficult decision for care workers. But they feel this is the only way they can get the Scottish government to listen to them.
'Care workers in Lanarkshire and across Scotland are standing up for themselves and for everyone who needs their support.'
Enable worker Alfons Crichton, a personal assistant working in North Lanarkshire, added: 'We love our jobs and we know how much people rely on us. But we are some of the lowest paid workers in Scotland.
'None of us ever thought we'd be on strike, but we've had nothing but broken promises. This is about how much the Scottish government really values what we do.'
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