Glasgow City Council to fire and rehire over 23,000 employees
It says redundancy notices will be withdrawn if the three unions agree to ballot their members on the pay offer.
By BBC News
Glasgow City Council says it will dismiss more than 23,000 non-teaching staff and issue new contracts after pay talks with unions broke down. The council said the new contracts would take effect from 1 January, and that redundancy notices would be withdrawn if the three unions agreed to ballot their members on the pay offer.
The move follows long-running negotiations over a new pay and grading system, which the council says is needed to replace a structure found to discriminate against mostly women workers. Under the revised system, 63% of affected staff are expected to see a pay rise, while 11% would face a cut.
The BBC report says talks between the council and the GMB, Unison and Unite unions fell apart after Unison said it would not ballot members on the proposed offer. The council said it had no agreed way forward and that it would proceed unless the unions agreed to a collective ballot on the enhanced terms.
GMB and Unite have urged the council to put the offer to members so they can make an informed choice. The report says the largest pay cut under the new structure is expected to be about £11,500.