Work begins on a significant new 160-home development next to Ibrox<\/a>\n<\/p>\n\n One parking attendant said: “All of the city centre is classed as of equal risk but that is not our experience at all.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cWe are told nowhere in the centre is more than 25 minutes from base but that\u2019s a long 25 minutes if you are out on your own and being threatened or worse.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cIf you are on your own after dark and in a deserted street or surrounded by high rise flats, it can feel very far from your colleagues, isolated and dangerous.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n Another said: \u201cManagers treat incidents seriously once something has happened and we\u2019ll be offered counselling, taken off the street, and supported if we want to involve the police or take it further.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cBut prevention is better than cure. They need to engage with us to properly assess the risks and manage them better. \u00a0It is far more cost effective to reduce the risks than have staff going off because of the stress.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cIt\u2019s bad enough for men but the women get all sorts of sexist abuse, threats of sexual assault, it\u2019s awful.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cWomen politicians have rightly raised the alarm about the abuse they get online but this is happening to women working with the public in Scotland\u2019s biggest city and they are just expected to shrug it off?\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n John Slaven, GMB Scotland organiser at Glasgow City Council, said the council must address the rising toll of abuse on the parking enforcement team.\n<\/p>\n
\n He said: \u201cNo other workers would be expected to endure the aggression and threatening behaviour routinely suffered by parking attendants.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cIt is absolutely unacceptable, risks their physical safety and mental health, must be addressed as a matter of urgency.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cThe council cannot be held responsible for the unacceptable behaviour of the public but it can properly recognise the pressures of what is a hugely difficult and demanding job, minimise the risks and reduce the stress.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n A Glasgow City Council spokesperson said: \u201cAny abuse or violence directed towards our parking enforcement staff is completely unacceptable.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cParking controls are crucial for the effective and efficient operation of the city’s roads network.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cOur parking attendants help to ease the congestion caused by poor parking behaviour, ensure a turnover in the availability of parking spaces and support the effort to make our streets as safe as possible.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cWe regularly meet with the trade unions to discuss the risk of violence against our staff and our parking team is included in this dialogue, which includes a focus on training and the response to incidents.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cStaff are always encouraged to report any incidents and support for anyone affected by incident is available through our occupational health service.\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Frontline workers in Glasgow say levels of verbal and physical intimidation have increased dramatically in recent years after…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":687040,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7826],"tags":[748,918,4884,712,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-687039","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-glasgow","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-glasgow","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-scotland","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/687039","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=687039"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/687039\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/687040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=687039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=687039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=687039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}