The leader of the council has criticised a union for telling members they would receive their backpay before Christmas.Jonathan McColl says it was unlikely council staff would have been paid the cash by the end of the year, claiming expectations were “falsely raised”.Some workers will need to wait until February to receive the backpay after unions thrashed out a pay deal earlier this month.David Scott, West Dunbartonshire GMB convener, previously accused local authority bosses of cancelling Christmas for dedicated staff.But the administration’s SNP leader told a council meeting last week that unions were told it would be “extremely challenging” for councils to make the payments before Christmas.He said this was due to the timescales and
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