Council cleansing staff across Scotland have confirmed they will take industrial action later this month as part of their ongoing pay dispute with COSLA.
Glasgow is just one of 16 local authorities going on two four day strikes in August and September as council chiefs meet again to deliberate a new pay offer for workers.
GMB Scotland confirmed this morning that strike action would affect waste and recycling services from Friday, August 26 until Monday, August 29 and again from Wednesday, September 7 until Saturday, September 10.
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It follows last week’s announcement that GMB members in the City of Edinburgh Council waste and recycling service would join strike action running from Thursday, August 18 to Tuesday, August 30.
GMB Scotland senior organiser Keir Greenaway said: “Unless COSLA and the Scottish Government make a significantly improved pay offer, more strikes will start across councils in just a few weeks.
“Both parties are squabbling while more of our members struggle with debt, fuel poverty, and hunger, exposing a huge gulf between politics and frontline workers. This is only increasing anger and fear among our members - anger over the lack of value shown to them and fear about what winter will bring in this cost-of-living crisis.
“Make no mistake, these strikes are a direct response from our extraordinary key workers to months of political failure. They are not prepared to accept working poverty as an inevitability even if Scotland’s political leaders are.”
COSLA, who earlier this week confirmed that pay negotiations would continue this week, has been asked for comment. They say they should have a statement on the situation available later today.
The 16 local authorities impacted by the strike action are:
- Aberdeen City
- Angus
- Dundee
- East Ayrshire
- East Lothian
- Falkirk
- Glasgow
- Inverclyde
- Highland
- Midlothian
- Orkney
- South Ayrshire
- South Lanarkshire
- West Lothian
- Perth and Kinross
- North Lanarkshire
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