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Council leaders to ask Scottish Government for more money to avoid bin strikes
The move was agreed by Cosla at an emergency meeting on Wednesday.
Swinney warns finances under ‘significant pressure’ as bin strike threat looms
The First Minister was speaking after unions Unite and GMB joined Unison in rejecting the latest pay deal for council workers.
Strikes to go ahead after workers reject revised pay offer from Cosla
Unison said Cosla has ‘not moved one iota’ since it was advised about possible strike action.
Council leaders make revised pay offer after third union votes for strikes
Cosla said the proposed 3.2% uplift is at the ‘absolute limit of affordability for councils’.
Strike vote by council staff could see rubbish piling up in streets, says union
Unison said it had secured a mandate for action in 14 local authority areas after it balloted waste, recycling and street cleaning staff.
Unison to ballot thousands of school staff for strike action in pay dispute
The union said industrial action could begin in schools this September.
Bin strikes planned at more than half of Scotland’s councils
Unite said walks could take place within weeks.
Thousands of council workers to be balloted on strike action in pay row
Unison has warned mass walkouts could begin in August if a majority of staff back industrial action.
Council staff to vote on strikes after pay offer rejected
The proposed deal from Scottish local authority body Cosla included a pay rise of 2.2%, which would increase another 2% after six months.
Talks to take place as teaching union warns pay offer ‘simply isn’t enough’
The EIS has called on the Scottish Government to find cash to help improve teachers’ salaries.