Cosla working ‘at pace’ to resolve pay dispute before eight days of bin strikes

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Cosla working ‘at pace’ to resolve pay dispute before eight days of bin strikes
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The 3.2 per cent pay offer was rejected by Unite, Unison and GMB.

Council leaders are working “at pace” to resolve pay disputes in a bid to prevent bin strikes next week.

It follows a similar strike in 2022 which was only resolved when Scottish ministers stepped into to provide additional funding to increase pay for council staff. A Cosla spokeswoman said: “Negotiations are ongoing and considerable work is being done at pace to explore all options with regards to local government pay.”

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