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| Meeting over council pay freeze | Meeting over council pay freeze |
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| Union members at Aberdeen City Council have held a mass meeting over plans to withhold an annual pay increase to staff. | Union members at Aberdeen City Council have held a mass meeting over plans to withhold an annual pay increase to staff. |
| The local authority has made the proposal as it seeks to make £4.5m in savings. | The local authority has made the proposal as it seeks to make £4.5m in savings. |
| Unions are concerned that the move could affect lowest paid workers most, and claimed it amounts to sexual discrimination as most are women. | |
| They said industrial or even legal action could take place. | They said industrial or even legal action could take place. |
| Council deputy leader Kevin Stewart told BBC Scotland a number of proposals had been put forward, and productivity was an issue that had to be taken into account. | Council deputy leader Kevin Stewart told BBC Scotland a number of proposals had been put forward, and productivity was an issue that had to be taken into account. |