Bar staff the 13th note in Glasgow are striking amid a dispute over health and safety conditions.
Staff held a demonstration inside and outside the venue in May, demanding a response to their grievances.The venueWorkers previously protested inside the bar
Owner Jacqueline Fennessy denied there were health and safety issues at the venue and said that staff were being paid above the living wage. Ms Fennessy previously told BBC Scotland: "Any issues raised by [environmental health] were dealt with immediately and we were authorised to reopen within 72 hours.Unite general secretary, Sharon Graham praised the "strength" of staff for taking part in "one of the first bar workers' strikes in over 20 years".
Ms Graham said: "These workers deserve credit for standing up for their rights in an industry that is riding roughshod over staff. Unite will back them 100 per cent in their demands for better pay and safer working conditions."
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