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The Latest Breaking News from GMB Scotland

Scottish Ambulance Service staff set strike date in pay dispute

Staff at the ambulance service are set to go on strike for the first time in decades.

The Independent UK

Ambulance staff across Dumfries and Galloway vote for strike action in pay dispute

GMB Scotland members in the Scottish Ambulance Service voted overwhelmingly for industrial action after rejecting a five per cent pay offer

Daily Record

Strike action looms at vaccine logistics firm over key worker pay

23 workers at the company's Chapelhall site are set to walk out later this month

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Lanarkshire schools to remain open this week as planned strike action is cancelled

Bins will also be emptied this week following a more 'credible' pay offer from COSLA

Daily Record

East Renfrewshire school and bin strikes off following breakthrough in negotiations

Progress has been made on a deal, with a revised offer to be put to workers for voting on.

Daily Record

Council leaders discuss revised pay offer to put to unions

Strikes due to go ahead next week could be suspended if the new proposal is accepted.

The Independent UK

Second wave of strikes by Perth and Kinross waste collection staff to go ahead after unions rejected latest pay offer

Both Unite and GMB Scotland unions - who represent Tayside Contracts members and local bin collectors respectively - refused Cosla’s five per cent pay rise offer, with add-ons, on Monday

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Edinburgh bin strike: Clean-up operation begins in Scottish capital after walkout ends

But more strike action is scheduled to take place next month

Evening Standard

Clean-up operation begins in Edinburgh after bin strike ends

Waster workers took to the streets to clear up the rubbish left during nearly two weeks of strike action.

The Independent UK

Nicola Sturgeon says all options for more funding amid strikes ‘exhausted’

Action is set to go ahead as unions reject an ‘unacceptable’ council pay offer.

The Independent UK

Strikes set to go ahead as unions reject ‘unacceptable’ council pay offer

Unite and GMB rejected the pay offer from Cosla.

The Independent UK

Bin strikes spread as more workers walk out

Despite further talks being held yesterday, no agreement over pay has been reached

Insider UK

Bin strikes spread as more workers walk out across Scotland

Unions have already rejected a 5% wage increase.

The Independent UK

Pay dispute ‘could escalate beyond winter’ as more waste workers walk out

From Wednesday, waste workers in 13 local authorities in Scotland, including Glasgow, Dundee, and Aberdeen, will strike.

The Independent UK

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Edinburgh Live

Edinburgh bin strike: How long will it last for as residents told to keep rubbish at home

Waste workers in Edinburgh are taking part in an 11-day strike over a dispute over pay leading to bins across the city overflowing during one of the biggest art festivals Edinburgh hosts.

Daily Record

Bin strikes in Scotland blamed on politicians who offered workers 'poverty pay'

Council workers in Edinburgh will down tools on Thursday in the first wave of strike action that will soon roll-out across Scotland.

Glasgow Live

Glasgow cleansing workers 'need foodbanks to survive' as protests held over 2% pay offer

Staff at the Western Depot made it clear they were willing to strike unless an increased offer was made, with food banks even being set up at the depot to help workers feed their families.

Daily Record

Staff at Stirling cooking equipment firm set to strike over pay dispute

The union have claimed staff have not faced a pay rise for three years.

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Daily Record

Lanarkshire MSP hits out at Wishaw care facility on failure to recognise union

Monica Lennon lodged a motion at the Scottish Parliament after the Active Care Group at the Murdostoun Brain Injury Rehabilitation and Neurological Care Centre officially derecognised GMB Scotland.

Daily Record

Perth and Kinross Council staff could take strike action over pay dispute

GMB Scotland senior organiser Keir Greenaway said unless COSLA "vastly improved" its two per cent pay rise offer "then industrial action looks inevitable"

Glasgow Live

Strike action could be 'inevitable' for thousands of Scottish council workers this summer

GMB Scotland will alert the Cosla on Monday of its intention to ballot all school, early years and waste and cleansing service members between June 6 and July 26.

The National (Scotland)

Strike action 'inevitable' for Scottish councils if pay dispute not resolved

STRIKE action could be “inevitable” for tens of thousands of Scottish council workers this summer ...

Glasgow Live

Glasgow Asda worker warns shop staff 'scared to speak up' amid equal pay row

Union chiefs claim the supermarket giant is paying thousands of female store staff up to £3 an hour less than their male counterparts working in company warehouses.

Edinburgh Live

Asda accused of exploiting female workers in latest gender pay increase row

Retail staff, made up mostly of women, have had to settle for a 3.6 per cent pay rise, whereas warehouse workers, made up mostly of men, are still negotiating for a much higher figure

Daily Record

Asda accused of exploiting female shop staff in gender pay gap row

Retail staff made up of mostly women were given a 3.6% pay increase, but warehouse workers, the majority of whom are men, are continuing to negotiate their pay hike.

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