The union is set to decide its next steps, which could include bin strikes.
The unions had warned there would be a repeat of scenes from the summer of 2022, when rubbish piled up on the streets in citiesThousands of Unison members , including waste and recycling workers, turned down the offer of a £1,292 per year or 3.6% rise – whichever was higher.
However, the union says this falls short of expectations given the 25% real-terms pay cut over the past 14 years, and council workers in Scotland are angry their pay offer is not in line with other public service workers, many of whom have been given 5.5% pay rises.Less than 24 hours after the latest offer was made, a freeze on non-essential spending was announced, with First Minister John Swinney saying "tough choices" had to be made.
"That puts workers and the services they provide under intolerable pressure. It’s unsustainable it can’t go on.” “Local government have a responsibility to ensure sustainable service delivery for our communities across Scotland. We are clear that increasing the value of any pay offer would have very serious consequences.
She said: "This offer is, once again, better than that made to local government workers in the rest of the UK.
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