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Council Officials reported over treatment of members

By Iain Ramage

Published: 22/03/2010

 

THREE Highland councillors accused of bullying senior staff, while trying to get the authority to deal with unlawful gypsy encampments, have lodged a counter-complaint.

The councillors allege they have been harassed by the senior officials involved.

Inverness area members John Holden, Bob Wynd and Glynis Sinclair are the subject of an internal inquiry and an investigation is being made by the Standards Commission for Scotland.

The Press and Journal has learned they have registered their own complaint with council chiefs about the way they have been treated by officials who complained about them.

Labour’s Mr Holden, Mr Wynd of the SNP and Ms Sinclair, a Liberal Democrat, allegedly bullied three senior council staff over the time taken to deal with two illegal encampments in Inverness.

The GMB union intends taking the council and the three councillors to an industrial tribunal on behalf of two of the staff involved.

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