Glasgow council threatens mass dismissals in pay dispute

Summarised from 3 outlets · 8 reports · Updated 24 Sept, 22:51 · Archive

Glasgow City Council is holding emergency talks with unions after threatening to dismiss all non-teaching staff.

Glasgow City Council is holding emergency talks with Unison after threatening to dismiss all non-teaching staff and issue new contracts to impose a controversial pay and grading scheme. The council's action risks a £110m equal pay improvement. Separately, UNISON warns that £2m cuts to specialist addiction and complex needs services could cost lives as drug deaths rise.

How it is being reported

• Up to 25,000 Glasgow council workers to be 'sacked' as equal pay talks break downAll non-teaching staff are facing ‘fire and rehire’ as the local authority pushes ahead with a new pay and grading structure.Glasgow Live · 24 Sept, 16:40
• All staff at Glasgow City Council to be dismissed by letter in pay and grading rowAll staff at Glasgow City Council are to be told they are to be “dismissed” and issued with new contracts to impose a controversial new pay and grading scheme.Glasgow Times · 24 Sept, 15:33
• Major development in pay dispute between NHS board and Glasgow workersHealth visitor team leaders in Glasgow have called a halt to industrial action in their dispute with NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.Glasgow Times · 24 Sept, 15:32
• Glasgow council workers face 'fire and rehire' as unions split over pay dealIt is understood Glasgow City Council is holding last-ditch talks with Unison this afternoon.Glasgow Live · 24 Sept, 14:43
• Glasgow City Council could fire and rehire all staff after unions split on equal payGlasgow City Council is holding emergency talks with Unison after the union's overnight withdrawal from a joint ballot agreement put a £110 million equal pay improvement at risk and raised the prospect of mass dismissals before the year ends.The Herald · 24 Sept, 14:01
• ‘Lives are lost’ warning as Glasgow backs £2m service cuts amid drug deaths surgeUNISON warns lives could be lost after Glasgow health chiefs back £2m cuts to specialist addiction and complex needs services as drug deaths rise 11%.The Herald · 23 Sept, 14:32
• Workers could strike over plans to close Glasgow day care centres and cut jobsUnison has warned of the impact on the “lives of ordinary working-class Glaswegians”Glasgow Live · 22 Sept, 16:57
• Fury as £2m cuts threaten vital Glasgow health and social care servicesGlasgow workers will protest £2m cuts to specialist support services as UNISON claims staff were left in the dark over Health and Social Care changes.Glasgow Times · 22 Sept, 11:49

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