THOUSANDS of care and school workers in Glasgow will strike over equal pay later this month.

Unison and GMB will stage a 48 hour strike on October 23 and 24 over what the unions claim is a failure to progress the equal pay claim settlements.

The strike will hit home care, schools and nurseries, education and cleaning and catering services.

The council said a strike cannot achieve anything as unions agreed to the negotiating timescale which is ongoing.

Mary Dawson, UNISON Glasgow Chair, said: “We have given the council ten months to make progress on addressing the historical discrimination suffered by these workers.

However, the council has agreed nothing, offered nothing and all we have had are meetings about meetings and talks about talks. It’s time for some action.”

Around 8000 workers will be involved in the strike which will have implications for people receiving care at home and people waiting to leave hospital and return home.

A spokesman for Glasgow City Council said: “The demands being made by UNISON and the GMB cannot be met. They know that.

“Unions agreed to the current timescale as part of the negotiations which have been ongoing for several months – and it is simply wrong to move to strike action when they know that it will not and cannot achieve anything.”