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Schools across Scotland to close next week as support staff strike over pay

Catering staff, cleaners, janitors, teaching assistants and early years practitioners to walk out in pay strike

The Independent UK

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

Body representing local councils stated that yesterday's offer is 'as good as it gets'

Insider 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

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Edinburgh bin strikes to continue next week after unions reject latest pay offer

Refuse and cleansing staff will return to work on Tuesday but they could walk out again next week if a deal is not agreed by then.

Edinburgh Live

Bin strikes set to continue across Scotland as Unison reject latest pay offer

Rejection of the pay offer, thought to be in the region of £1925, means that a rolling series of looming bin strikes across 20 council areas will go ahead.

Daily Record

Unions demand co-ordinated strikes in autumn as cost of living crisis escalates

Unite and Unison, the country's largest unions, have submitted motions calling for synchronised walkouts ahead of the TUC's annual conference next month

Daily Mirror

‘People are much angrier now’: why Britain is going on strike

New wave of union leaders, such as RMT’s Mick Lynch and Unite’s Sharon Graham, have galvanised workers

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Inside the strikes: Waste staff on front line of pay row battle for fair wages

IT STARTED in the capital with overflowing bins and litter-strewn streets but by the weekend, cleansing workers at 20 different Scottish councils…

The National (Scotland)

Unions threaten ‘waves of industrial action’ over UK cost of living crisis

Move could see synchronised strikes in autumn as new prime minister takes office

The Guardian - UK

Striking workers demand fair pay at rally as social care staff request ballot

LOCAL government staff striking over pay made their voices heard in Glasgow as it emerged social care workers are requesting to be balloted for…

The National (Scotland)

Dumfries and Galloway bins won't be emptied due to strike action

Waste workers in the Unite union will stage a walk out between September 6 and 13

Daily Record

Bin strikes to continue despite 'constructive talks' as John Swinney calls for 'dialogue' between unions and Cosla

The Deputy First Minister and acting Finance Secretary met with unions and the local government body on Wednesday in a bid to resolve the dispute.

Daily Record

Lanarkshire school and early years strike dates announced

Unison members in both council areas will stage three days of action next month in protest over pay.

Daily Record

Council workers pay dispute could go on 'beyond the winter,' warns union

A UNION has warned that the current pay dispute with Cosla “could now go beyond the winter”.

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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.

Daily Record

School and early years strikes explained - dates and councils that will be affected

School and early years workers will join waste and recycling workers in what is set to be the largest strike among council workers since the Trade Union Act was introduced in 2016.

The Independent UK

Sturgeon says there is no ‘bottomless pit of money’ to end council pay dispute

A strike by council workers has seen rubbish pile up in Edinburgh, with schools also set to be affected by the industrial action.

The Independent UK

Cosla in new pay offer to council workers as waste and school staff plan strike

Cosla has said the talks with trade unions were ‘productive’ as they laid down a new offer amid threats of school walkouts.

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Glasgow Live

Glasgow bin strikes to go ahead from tomorrow as no pay deal reached

Both UNISON and COSLA, the umbrella body representing council employers, will be writing to Deputy First Minister to ask for an urgent meeting to discuss increase funding for local authorities to enable talks to continue.

Daily Record

Stirling bin collection to be disrupted as council workers strike over pay

Council makes contingency plans after UNISON members take industrial action

Edinburgh Live

Edinburgh university workers vote to strike over pay as cost of living crisis hits

Employees at Edinburgh Napier University will be among the latest to strike in a wave of national discontent over cost of living concerns and wage stagnation.

The National (Scotland)

School and nursery staff in nine council areas to strike over pay dispute

SCHOOL and nursery staff in nine Scottish council areas are to go on strike for three days next month in a dispute over pay.

Glasgow Live

Glasgow school and nursery strikes confirmed as unions gives notice to council

Staff members including teaching assistants, early years workers, catering staff, janitors and support staff are set to go on strike with notices sent to nine councils, including Glasgow, East Renfrewshire, North Lanarkshire and South Lanarkshire.

Daily Record

Scots schools could close next month after trade union confirms strike action

Janitors, cleaners and other staff who work in schools are set to walk out in a dispute over pay

Daily Record

West Dunbartonshire Council 'desperately' need funding amid Cosla proposal offer for council workers

Last Friday saw local authority body, Cosla, offer West Dunbartonshire Council workers a five percent pay rise offer and a minimum hourly rate of £10.50

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