Schools could stay shut after the summer holidays and rubbish could pile high after council staff voted for strike action amid a pay dispute.
Workers in the Unison trade union voted to reject a “measly” two per cent pay offer by local authority bosses. Unions and employers have been at loggerheads for months over an offer that is significantly below inflation.
Council umbrella group COSLA say they cannot afford to increase the offer and have called on the Scottish Government to stump up more money.
School staff, including cleaners and janitors, as well as workers in waste and recycling services, have now backed strike action.Unison members in nine local authority areas - Glasgow, Orkney, Aberdeenshire, East Renfrewshire, North and South Lanarkshire, Clackmannanshire, Stirling and Inverclyde - met the turnout threshold required by Tory legislation.Johanna Baxter, head of local government at Unison, said: “COSLA leaders meet on Friday and must put an improved offer on the table if we are to avoid large-scale disruption to council services across Scotland.“Council workers south of the border yesterday were offered a flat rate uplift of £1925, which for those on the lowest pay equates to a 10.5 per cent increase.
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