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by Our Industrial reporter @TrinderMatt
COUNCIL workers across Scotland need a “significantly improved” pay offer if strikes are to be averted, GMB warned today.
GMB Scotland senior organiser Keir Greenaway urged Holyrood and the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (Cosla) to “step up” and resolve the dispute.
Council staff represented by GMB, Unison and Unite have already backed walkouts after rejecting a 2 per cent pay offer, noting that it is well below soaring inflation.
Years of underfunding are eroding Scotland’s local services and deepening inequality in communities, says VINCE MILLS
Roger McKenzie talks to general secretary of Unison CHRISTINA McANEA about the impact of the cost-of-living crisis on members, the local government funding emergency and the threat of Reform UK
