UNISON said today that 86 per cent of its members who voted had opted against a 3.6 per cent uplift in their wages.
Bin strikes in Lanarkshire have moved a step closer after council workers represented by the country’s biggest union voted overwhelmingly to reject the latest pay offer.
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UNISON Scotland co-lead for local government David O’Connor added: “Councils are in crisis. They struggle to recruit because workers are expected to deliver even more with fewer staff and lower wages. That puts workers and the services they provide under intolerable pressure. It’s unsustainable it can’t go on.”
"This is the absolute limit of affordability for local government and exhausts all available funding from Scottish Government.
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