Equal pay talks between Glasgow City Council and trade unions have broken down.
The council said it had tabled an offer including extra funding for back pay and extended pay protection from six to 12 months, which would have taken dismissals off the table, but this was rejected by Unison.
Glasgow has now confirmed it will dismiss all non-teaching staff and issue fresh contracts next year in order to lawfully end its current pay and grading structure.
Director of communications and corporate governance Colin Edgar said the council had ‘gone as far as it can', noting pay would rise or stay the same for 90% of staff.
Edgar said dismissal notices would be withdrawn if unions reached a collective agreement on the enhanced terms.
He added: ‘It beggars belief that they would betray their own members in this way.'
Unison Scotland regional organiser Mandy McDowall warned the council risked becoming a ‘pariah employer'.
