SACKED staff at Glasgow’s 13th Note have formally submitted their bid to take the bar into workers’ control.

The bar, once popular as a live venue, was the scene of a lockout when anti-trade union business-owner Jacqueline Fennessy put it into liquidation amid a bitter dispute with members of Unite’s hospitality branch over pay and unsafe working conditions.

Since then, the sacked workers have not only won compensation from their former employer, but set about forming a workers’ co-op to take on the lease.

In a statement, the 13th Note Collective thanked supporters and said they were “proud to announce we have officially submitted our bid for the lease […] the level of solidarity with our campaign has been overwhelming and we will be forever grateful.”

Urging the solidarity campaign to continue to put pressure on the council to accept their bid, the collective added: “The decision now lies with City Properties and Glasgow City Council.

“We ask all who wish to see a workers’ co-operative bar-restaurant and venue in Glasgow City centre to please write to/email their local councillors, MSPs, and MPs to ask for their support.”