Unison, Unite and GMB members in 26 of Scotland's 32 council areas were due to walk out between 14 August and 22 August. The workers will now be balloted on a new offer from COSLA.
Planned strike action by council waste and street cleaning workers across most of Scotland has been suspended. Unison, Unite and GMB members in 26 of Scotland's 32 council areas were due to walk out between 14 August and 22 August after rejecting two previous offers by local government body
. The unions will now put the industrial action on hold as they ballot members on a fresh pay deal that would see a 3.6% increase for all grades, with the lowest paid getting an extra 5.63% . said this equates to an overall offer value of 4.27%, said to be better than that made to local government workers in the rest of the UK. Unison says pay offer 'not enough' Unison said it is recommending staff - in 13 council areas and at an arms-length waste management specialist company - reject the offer. David O'Connor, Unison Scotland local government lead, said: 'Unison's view is that it's still not enough.
was contacted for comment. Council areas: • GMB: Aberdeen City, Aberdeenshire, East Ayrshire, City of Edinburgh, East Dunbartonshire, Falkirk, Fife, Glasgow City, Highland, Inverclyde, Midlothian, North Lanarkshire, Orkney Islands, Perth and Kinross, Renfrewshire, South Lanarkshire, Stirling, and West Lothian.
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