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Police in Scotland to withdraw 'goodwill' today as part of dispute over pay deal
01.07.2022 - 11:43 / dailyrecord.co.uk
Police officers in Scotland will today take the "most overt demonstration of action" in more than 100 years by withdrawing their "goodwill" amid an ongoing dispute over pay.
Calum Steele, general secretary of the Scottish Police Federation, which represents officers, said the action will start at 5pm on Friday, July 1.
While officers in Scotland are prohibited by law from taking industrial action, withdrawing goodwill will show "significant discontent" Steele said.
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The action means officers will not start their shifts early or take radio equipment home when their duty ends.
The union's governing body, the Joint Central Committee (JCC), had previously rejected a "derisory" offer of a £564 pay increase.
In a letter to Chief Constable Iain Livingstone, Steele said the action being taken was a "manifestation of the strength of feeling of our members of the utter contempt this pay offer represents to them".
He told Livingstone: "It will not be lost on you that this is the most significant discontent in the police service since the 1970s, and the most overt demonstration of action by our members in over 100 years."
Steele also spoke about the action to the BBC's Good Morning Scotland programme on Friday.
He said further conversations about the pay offer had taken place on Thursday "almost the moment First Minister's Questions came to an end", where the issue was raised in the Scottish Parliament.
However, he said the federation had not received a formal offer of improved pay and more talks would take place on Monday.
He said: "I think it's important that the demonstration as to the frustration that our members feel continues until
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