Civil servants could be offered an improved salary of 3.5% to deter summer strikes across Scotland.
COSLArepresents all 32 local governments and seeks additional funding from the Scottish Government to address growing dissatisfaction with the cost of living for public sector workers. I am receiving
City council officials were initially offered a mere 2% wage increase , even though inflation was projected to reach 13% by the end of the year.
But even an improved 3.5% salary proposal is unlikely to satisfy unions who have been asking for more than 5%, even if the city boss agrees.
In a confidential briefing paper obtained by the record, the head of the council said, "Additional funding from the Scottish government will allow us to raise 3.5%.
30} ``A further £137.5m would be required from the City Council to cut the 5% to make the proposal''The paper added: Improved Paid Offers.
"Professional advisors regularly assess what is affordable, and anything that carries over from this has an impact on jobs and services."
36} This summer, city council bosses were accused of "blackmail" when they warned that 20,000 jobs could be cut if they offered higher pay.City Hall is also concerned about a Scottish government spending review by Cabinet Secretary Kate Forbes, which plans to freeze parliamentary funds until 2026.
Parliament of tens of thousands Officials have already been put to a strike action vote as part of a standoff on payments.
Denied workers in 15 municipalities, including Glasgow, Aberdeen and Edinburgh, will move out later this month as part of a week-long strike.
Earlier this week, Unite's regional officer, Wendy Dunsmore, said that local government officials should "ensure that substandard settlements are sufficient and appropriate" to combat the impact of the cost of living crisis.
"Both Khosla and the Scottish government have made no effort to come up with improved proposals that could have stopped this action." means that responsibility for where we are now should be put back on them,” she added.
"To avoid the next wave of strikes, we ask Khosla to make a fair and decent offer to the workers now.
