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Aberdeen's trade unionists rally behind council workers facing fire and rehire

ABERDEEN’S trade unionists turned-out in force on Saturday in their battle against the SNP-led city council’s fire-and-rehire plans.

The council proposes to force workers onto a new contract which would see the working week fall from 37 to 35 hours, but wages frozen for the next two years. 

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