Glasgow City Council has formally approved a package of payment worth £548 million to settle around 16,000 equal pay claims.
The move follows an an agreement in principle made with the Unison, Unite and GMB unions and campaign group Action 4 Equality Scotland.
In October last year, around 8,000 GMB and Unison members went on strike over Glasgow City Council's pay and benefits system that saw mainly female roles such as catering or cleaning awarded up to £3 an hour less than male-led jobs such as refuse collection.
Glasgow City Council said affected employees will receive details of their entitlements over the next few months, and compensation will be paid in the summer.
Susan Aitken, council leader at Glasgow City Council, said: “I’m delighted to have won backing for a deal that finally delivers pay justice for thousands of women in our workforce. When I became council leader in 2017, I promised I’d bring an end [to] more than a decade of inaction on equal pay.
“A year ago, we began negotiations and [now], the council [have] formally agreed a plan to pay women at Glasgow City Council what they are owed. That starts to put right a wrong that has damaged the Council, its workforce and the city for too long.”
Mandy McDowall, regional organiser at Unison, said: “This agreement will bring us another step closer to equal pay and to ending this long-standing pay injustice. Glasgow’s women have been fighting for over 12 years and it’s only right they take time to reflect on what they’ve achieved and the support they’ve received from across the city and beyond.
“There is still a long way to go to removing pay inequality, but this marks a milestone in that process.”
