Schools across Lanarkshire will remain open this week after the three-day planned strike action was cancelled over the weekend.
Bins will also be emptied after all three council staff unions - Unite, Unison and GMB - recommended their members take up COSLA's enhanced 'credible' pay deal.
Following talks involving the First Minister, Nicola Sturgeoun, the offer of 10 per cent for the lowest paid and eight per cent for those earning over £20,500 was put to the table late on Friday, leading to the industrial action being cancelled on Friday night.
A spokesman for South Lanarkshire Council posted on their social media outlets: "Following suspension of industrial action we can confirm all South Lanarkshire schools and nurseries are expected to open as normal next week.
"Any more info will be shared next week."
And a spokesman for North Lanarkshire Council said: "The UNISON, GMB and Unite trade unions have suspended their industrial action across Scotland while they consult their members on a new pay offer.
"All early years establishments, primary, secondary and ASN schools will operate as normal next week. All buildings and facilities will be open as normal."
In the North, waste, recycling and special uplift services will return to normal operations from today, with the exception of the blue bin collections for paper and card, which will resume next Monday (September 12) to allow continued provision of the school bus service.
And in South Lanarkshire, householders are being told that no food/garden or recycling collections will take place anywhere today, instead staff will concentrate only on the green/black household waste bins.
Unite’s lead negotiator for local government, Wendy Dunsmore, welcomed the new offer, and said: “After the latest round of intensive talks a new credible offer has finally been put on the table by COSLA.
Unite wants to acknowledge the First Minister’s direct involvement as a primary reason for the breakthrough.
"The offer on the table is fully consolidated and as such there will be more cash in the pot going forward for local government workers. It provides a degree of security for the lowest paid with a flat rate offer of £2000 which is an uplift worth around 10-11 per cent."
Keir Greenaway from GMB Scotland said: "We have been very clear that more must be done for the lowest paid in local government and this latest offer delivers a significant amount of consolidated money for these workers, including the frontline refuse and schools’ staff that everyone depends on.
“It’s not a perfect offer but it is the view of GMB Scotland’s local government committee that it’s worthy of members consultation and their acceptance, but ultimately our members whose campaigning and strike actions have improved these terms will have the final say.
“In the meantime, we have agreed to suspend all planned strike action so this consultation process can take place and our GMB organisers and workplace reps will be visiting as many workplaces as possible to engage our members on this.
“Most importantly, we want to pay tribute to our members.
"Strike action is not easy, it requires sacrifice and solidarity to deliver outcomes that make work better, and they have fought long and hard for an improved offer to help confront this cost-of-living crisis.”
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