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Ruth Suter

Frontline to breadline: Readers in call for better pay for key workers

Frontline workers who were applauded for their efforts during the coronavirus pandemic are falling below the breadline, according to a study by the GMB.

Research revealed that 51.4% of Scotland’s 200,000 council ­workers are earning less than £25,000 a year for a 37-hour week.

The union argues that the wages are ploughing workers across the country into poverty as their pay slips do not meet rising inflation.

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