Birmingham City Council effectively declared itself bankrupt last month, largely due to equal pay claims.
Birmingham City Council has said it has reached an agreement with trade unions in a move to stem equal pay claims.
It was in large part to a bill of up to £760m to settle equal pay claims, despite already paying £1.1bn in compensation to underpaid workers. Council leader John Cotton said he was delighted to have reached an agreement with unions over a job grading scheme. "I am delighted that GMB, Unison and Unite have all signed the addendum which sets out how we will carry out the Job Evaluation Scheme at Birmingham City Council," he said.
He said without an agreement with unions any scheme "would surely collapse, leading to costly and disruptive industrial disputes" .Watch: Driving through Gaza streets hit by Israeli strikes
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