At a full Comhairle meeting on Thursday evening SNP Councillors Gordon Murray and Rae Mackenzie proposed an amendment that the Comhairle backdated the introduction of the Living Wage for the Comhairle's lowest paid employees to 2013. This move was however defeated by 20 votes to 7. The remaining four Councillors were absent from the meeting.
Following the result Cllr Gordon Murray stated :-
"I am very disappointed that the Comhairle administration chose not to backdate the Living Wage for the lowest paid employees for 2013. This payment would have been an investment in people and indirectly benefited the local economy and at a time when household budgets are under severe pressure. I am happy that the SNP Group backed my amendment to backdate along with Councillor Neil Beaton making a stance for low paid workers."
A journal written by the SNP opposition group on the Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (Western Isles Council).
