Tory council sacks all staff

By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk

According to the BBC:

“Dismissal letters have been sent to about 6,500 Shropshire Council employees.

The letter states that all council staff will be dismissed on 30 September and immediately rehired, but only if they agree to a 5.4% pay cut. The authority said it had to save £76m due to reduced government funding and pay cuts would avoid it having to make 400 permanent redundancies.

Unison is understood to be balloting its members on industrial action. Staff who do not accept the pay cut will be dimissed without compensation, the letter states.”