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Originally Posted by chav1

well as someone who knows plenty of people who work for the council i think i can safely say the wages etc will still be the same and they will still be doing all the councils work so no matter how cheap the other companies are they will not be doing work for the council as the new owners of the councils department have the contract

the dapartments that have not yet switched ownership will be doing so later this year and those departments will still be doing the work for the council for the forseeable future

take my word for it or dont

What you are saying here is I think.
The ownership of the council department, is changing hands (a new private company) and the council workforce are being transferred to the new company on the same wages, doing the same work for the new company, as they did for the council. Whilst working for the "new company" the ex-councils workforce will be on the same terms and conditions as they were with the council......for a period of time. take my word for that, I can say the same thing happened at Blackburn with Darwen, when CAPITA came along, all the workers that transferred over to CAPITA have now had their terms and conditions changed, so beware, tell your friends to read the small print, and ask the questions of their new employers. "Is there a clause in their contract, that will allow the new employer to change their terms and conditions at a later date.
Only trying to be helpful