Workers at Enable in Glasgow and Lanarkshire will strike on Tuesday, September 9, and Thursday, September 11, following months of industrial action over pay.

The dispute centres on a call for care workers’ pay to be brought in line with NHS rates, a promise the union says has not been fulfilled by the Scottish Government.

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Christina McAnea, general secretary of Unison, said: “These care workers have been underpaid for far too long.

“Going on strike is the last thing they want to do, but they’ve been left with no other option.

“They deliver vital care to some of the most vulnerable people in the country, yet their wages simply aren’t enough to live on.

“The Scottish government must do the right thing by better funding social care and showing workers that they value them by paying them fair, decent wages.”

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According to Unison, care workers have missed out on around £5500 in pay since April 2022.

Rallies will be held in both Glasgow and Lanarkshire, with workers set to deliver symbolic “invoices” to the office of Neil Gray, Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care.

The union argues that the dispute could be resolved by the Scottish Government, which sets pay rates for care workers.

Previous strikes took place in May and June, marking the first care worker walkouts in Scotland in a decade.

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Jennifer McCarey, Unison Scotland’s regional organiser, said: “No care worker takes the decision to strike lightly.

“But after years of broken promises, low pay and with a sector in crisis, they’ve had enough.

“Staff are taking a stand not just for themselves but for the people they care for every day.

“Only substantial improvement to the hourly rate for care workers in Scotland will save the sector from disaster.

“The Scottish government must invest in social care and deliver fair pay to the workers who provide these essential services.”