START TALKING TO PREVENT A STRIKE

Yousaf pleads with care home chiefs after staff vote for action

- CHRIS MCCALL

HUMZA Yousaf yesterday called on care home bosses to hold talks with workers to avoid strike action.

The First Minister has written to the Minster Care Group ahead of a possible walkout at three homes in Glasgow.

It follows a ballot of workers by the GMB union, which returned backing of 98 per cent for industrial action.

It would be the first strike at a care home in Scotland and comes after staff at facilities in Baillieston, Stobhill and Cardonald overwhelmingly rejected a pay offer.

Yousaf spoke out as the Cardonald home is in his Glasgow Pollok constituency.