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Tories in ‘race against time’ to fire and rehire 150 council workers, union warns
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TORY council bosses are rushing to fire and rehire about 150 staff before the practice is outlawed, Unison says.

The public service union has called Worcestershire County Council’s plans obscene, saying they will amount to a 5 per cent pay cut while only saving a minuscule amount of money in relation to the Conservative-run authority’s overall budget.

Council bosses aim to dismiss workers from their 37-hour contracts in October in order to rehire them on 35 hours instead.

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