Janitors, cleaners and pupil support assistants are among the workers to have walked out in four local authority areas.
School support staff are on strike at four local authorities in Scotland, closing hundreds of schools
Wednesday’s action is part of rolling strikes by Unison members, scheduled to take place across the country in the coming weeks after the union rejected a pay offer from the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities . “We urge Cosla not to impose this offer, but if they do then the union will respond in the way that it needs to.”
The revised offer represents a minimum increase of £2,006 for workers on the Scottish local government living wage, and a minimum of £1,929 for those above the rate.Mr Ferguson said: “This offer is below the rate of inflation for every single worker in Scottish councils and we want an inflation-proofed offer, but we don’t want that to come from jobs and services.
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