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An insult to the heroic female strikers of Glasgow
Evening Times, Eva Bolander, Glasgow strikers

IT was one of Scotland’s most totemic campaigns not just of last year, but of the 21st century. So it was fitting that the women of Glasgow’s equal pay campaign were recognised on Thursday night with the Evening Times Editor’s Award.

Less fitting, though, that this should be collected by Glasgow’s Lord Provost Eva Bolander “on behalf of all the women involved.”

Yes, that’s right. That’s Eva Bolander, the official representative of the council the women had to strike against to win equal pay. 

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