Glasgow city council reaches pay deal with union to avert fire-and-rehire plan
Unison, GMB and Unite union members demonstrate outside Glasgow city chambers in August over pay and grading proposals for council employees. Photograph: Richard Gass/Alamy Stock Photo/Alamy Live News.View image in fullscreenUnison, GMB and Unite union members demonstrate outside Glasgow city chambers in August over pay and grading proposals for council employees. He thanked the Scottish government for additional support to help “unlock [the] agreement”.Chris Sermanni, Unison’s Glasgow city branch secretary, said: “Unison stood firm because Glasgow’s workers deserved better than what was originally put on the table.“That position has secured significant movement.
- ▪Unison, GMB and Unite union members demonstrate outside Glasgow city chambers in August over pay and grading proposals for council employees.
- ▪Photograph: Richard Gass/Alamy Stock Photo/Alamy Live News.View image in fullscreenUnison, GMB and Unite union members demonstrate outside Glasgow city chambers in August over pay and grading proposals for council employees.
- ▪He thanked the Scottish government for additional support to help “unlock [the] agreement”.Chris Sermanni, Unison’s Glasgow city branch secretary, said: “Unison stood firm because Glasgow’s workers deserved better than what was originally p
2 outlets in our directory ran this story, first to last over 31 hours. All of the coverage we found sits in one bucket: lean left. That one-sidedness is itself worth noticing.
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Unison, GMB and Unite union members demonstrate outside Glasgow city chambers in August over pay and grading proposals for council employees. Photograph: Richard Gass/Alamy Stock Photo/Alamy Live News.View image in fullscreenUnison, GMB and Unite union members demonstrate outside Glasgow city chambers in August over pay and grading proposals for council employees. Photograph: Richard Gass/Alamy Stock Photo/Alamy Live News.UK newsGlasgow city council reaches pay deal with union to avert fire-and-rehire plan‘Strong and fair’ proposal to be taken to members’ ballot after previous offer led Unison to walk out of negotiationsEve Livingston Scotland correspondentMon 5 Oct 2026 12.08 EDTLast modified on Mon 5 Oct 2026 12.11 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleGlasgow city council has reached an…
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