Striking carers vow to "fight for every penny owed to them" as Renfrewshire industrial action continues

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Renfrewshire carers have vowed to fight for “every penny that is owned to them” as their three-day strike draws to a close today.Members of the GMB union will today march on Renfrewshire House in Paisley as they aim to secure a fair deal in a years-long dispute over job roles, grading and pay.Renfrewshire Council and its associated health and social care partnership recently offered to uplift the carers role to grade four, with a pay increase of £2.18 for base rate workers.

It also pledged to backdate pay for four years.But GMB Scotland said proposed methods for calculating back pay could leave carers shortchanged by thousands.Kirsten Muat, GMB Scotland organiser in Renfrewshire Council, said: “The scandal here is that carers in Renfrewshire were amongst the lowest paid of all local authority areas in Scotland.

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D ownload here: smarturl.it/RenfrewLiveSocial “The detail of how and when back pay will be calculated could make thousands of pounds of difference