Strike action hits opening day of UCI Cycling World Championships in Glasgow
As the UCI Cycling World Championships gets underway today in Glasgow, with fans and riders visiting the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome for the first day of the track cycling events, there have been warnings about potential disruption caused by strikes.
"City Parking and Glasgow Life workers have no option but to take strike action," Unite's general secretary Sharon Graham said."They deserve a fair pay award rather than a significant real terms pay cut. At the ballot, 100 per cent of Unite members working for City Parking supported the action, while 92 per cent at Glasgow Life did too, the action designed to coincide with the start of the World Championships.
"The disruption beginning in Glasgow could spread over large parts of the country involving thousands of key council workers.
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