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Bin strikes planned at more than half of Scotland’s councils

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Bin strikes planned at more than half of Scotland’s councils

Cleaning staff at more than half of Scotland’s councils could go on strike within weeks, after a second union announced members have backed a walkout.

Unite said its members at 16 of Scotland’s 32 councils have backed strike action in cleaning and waste services in a pay row.




On Monday, the GMB announced members at 13 councils backed a strike.

Unite said the details of strikes involving waste workers, street cleaners and recycling centre operators would be announced in the coming days and could begin in around two weeks.

The unions warned the action could lead to rubbish piling up in Edinburgh during the festival in a repeat of the 2022 bin strike.

Both unions rejected the last pay deal from the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA) in May, which the council umbrella body said was a “strong offer at the limits of affordability”.

Graham McNab, Unite industrial officer, said: “Thousands of workers in cleansing and waste services are now on the brink of taking strike action in a matter of weeks; our members are being left with no choice but to fight for fair pay.”

“Council workers deserve to be treated with respect, but instead they received a pitiful pay offer which was rejected outright by Unite.

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