Council leaders from across Scotland are due to discuss the pay dispute ahead of next week's bin strikes.
Unions are hopeful they will get a new pay offer to try to stop next week's bin strikes.Bin workers and recycling staff at the three main council unions are due to start a programme of strikes from 14 - 22 August affecting most of the country.
Although the most recent pay offer is greater than the current rate of inflation, unions argue this is insufficient to deal with the rising cost of living in the previous 12 months.Council leaders will discuss the situation in an online meeting on Friday and unions hope to receive a new pay offer by the end of the day.
“That is why I asked my officials to work at pace with local government officers to understand what an improved negotiating envelope may look like," she said. She said the enhanced deal was the "absolute limit of affordability" and had required "difficult decision-making".
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