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Council is letting staff down with fire and rehire plans, says worker
Unison members during a previous strike outside Glasgow City Chambers
A council worker has accused Glasgow City Council of letting staff down after it announced fire and rehire plans due to a stalemate over equal pay proposals.
The council has threatened to sack more than 23,000 members of staff and then rehire them on new contracts after negotiations broke down with unions.
The talks were about the council's plans to replace a pay system found to discriminate against mostly women workers. The changes would see the majority of staff unaffected or better off but they would cut pay for 11% of staff.
Speaking on the BBC's Radio Scotland Breakfast one worker described the situation as "heart breaking".
Joanne, a support for learning worker from Glasgow, said the local authority "had a cheek to say they care about their employees" after she read the council's message saying it was dismissing all staff.
She was told two weeks ago she would be one of the workers facing a pay cut under the new system, leaving her "distraught". She will lost about £300 per year.
She said: "I came away from my work crying, really, really upset. I couldn't believe that after 25 years service to Glasgow City Council I am getting let down yet again."
She continued: "I am working with the most vulnerable children in society. I would put it to Glasgow City Council, please come and do my job for one day, one day only and tell me that I am a detriment in my wages.
Glasgow City Council to fire and rehire over 23,000 employees