Glasgow council workers face pay cuts in fire-and-rehire plan after union talks break down

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What happened

Unison refuses to ballot members on offer that would see thousands of council employees worse off Thousands of Glasgow council workers face being sacked and reappointed under less favourable terms in one of the UK’s biggest ever “fire-and-rehire” exe…

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  • Reported by The Guardian and published Sun, 04 Oct 2026 09:13:29 UTC.

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