Glasgow City Council and Unison, the largest union representing council workers, have reached an agreement to resolve a longstanding pay and grading dispute.
The council has confirmed it will not proceed with plans to dismiss and rehire more than 23,000 members of staff, a measure that had been considered as part of efforts to implement a new pay structure.
The dispute centred on a revised pay and grading framework intended to address systemic issues that had generated thousands of equal pay claims from female workers, both current and former employees of the authority.
What happens next?
Unison indicated that formal negotiations remain ongoing and that the union intends to conduct a ballot of its membership later in the month to seek approval for the agreement reached with the council.
The resolution represents a significant development in a dispute that had threatened substantial disruption to the local authority's workforce and raised concerns about the potential impact on thousands of employees facing the prospect of redundancy and reemployment on revised terms.
Key Facts
- The agreement prevents the dismissal and rehiring of more than 23,000 council staff
- The dispute arose from efforts to implement a new pay and grading structure
- The new framework was designed to address underlying equal pay issues affecting women workers
- Unison will ballot members later in the month on the agreement
