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Council waste workers go on strike over dispute over 'pathetic' wage offerings

Waste workers in Congress are set to go on strike later this month over a dispute over the 2 percent wage offer.

Crackmannanshire Council staff take industrial action after ongoing dispute.

This week, waste workers from 15 municipalities, including Wee County, confirmed they would join the latest strike, branding wage offers "pathetic."

The working day of his strike will begin on August 24th and end on August 31st.

Approximately 1,500 Unite members from 15 councils are estimated to join and participate with colleagues from the City of Edinburgh Cleansing. In the second wave of strike action. Unity will be the only union involved in this phase of the Council's strike action.

A second wave of strikes hit all of Parliament's waste services and persuaded the Scottish government and COSLA to take the next step in a coordinated campaign to offer better wages. form.

Unite's general secretary, her Sharon Graham, said: now.

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“Until this dispute is resolved and a fair wage offer secured, all Council members will have full union support. We will stick to salaries and terms.”

Wendy Dunsmore, Regional Officer for Unite, added:

"The failure of both COSLA and the Scottish government to put forward improved proposals that could have stopped this action is a reflection of where we are now. This means that their responsibility should be returned to them.Unite will not tolerate the consistent poor relationship of local officials.

To avoid this, I call on COSLA again to make a fair and decent offer to workers now.”

A spokesperson for the Crackmann Nanshire Council told the Observer: The Council maintains a business continuity plan for responding to events.

Unions are asking COSLA to make fair and decent offers to workers to avoid an upcoming strike. More than half report making less than £25,000 a year for a 37-hour workweek. Unite previously warned all new council leaders that they would see a strike over the summer if they did not act to improve wages.