Lanarkshire residents face serious disruption to city council services after union confirms strike is scheduled for 'crazy salary offers' .
Unison, the municipality's largest union, met on Monday to discuss his latest 3.5 percent salary proposal for the municipality COSLA.
The unions unanimously agreed to reject this revised proposal outright and voted overwhelmingly to continue the strike plan in councils across Scotland.
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Unison rejected the offer because it has not improved enough, well below the United Trade Union's claim filed in January, and well below the current inflation rate, which continues to rise.
The union also noted that the proposal fell far short of the £1,925 flat rate increase offered to City Council employees in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, or equivalent to 10.5%. . Raise the minimum wage.
Unison's Johanna Baxter told Lanarkshire Live:
are in the ridiculous position that both our employers and the Scottish Government agree that this wage offer of 3.5 per cent is largely insufficient, yet both have no idea who should pay it.
Half earn less than £25,000 a year and worry about paying their bills, with inflation projected to rise to 13.5%, leaving members with virtually no money. significant salary cuts have been proposed, which will drive even more members into debt.
"We have written to COSLA to inform them that the strike continues in the waste and recycling sector.
and will confirm strike dates for schools and early years in the next few days.”
Waste and recycling workers, represented by both UNISON and GMB, announced earlier this month that they would go on strike in both.
GMB Scotland's Keir Greenaway said:
"While the strike will almost certainly lock in, many frontline workers will be Let's also make it clear that we will end up in labor poverty, and offers will increase significantly.
"The blame war between COSLA and the government will undoubtedly continue, but the initial salary offer will Six months after the overwhelming refusal of }
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Following a virtual special meeting of council leaders on Friday, COSLA resource spokeswoman Katie Hagman said:
She said: Budgets can't sustain the long-term pressure they've been under.
"Leaders continue to call on the Scottish government to provide funding and flexibility to enable proposals beyond those offered to date.
84} ``We will therefore endeavor to put forward an improved proposal as soon as possible through an appropriate bargaining mechanism.'' The local government says it hopes*Don't miss the latest headlines around Lanarkshire. Sign up for our newsletter here. Did you know that
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