Politicians at Holyrood and council headquarters have been blamed by workers for a series of strikes that are set to sweep Scotland.
Waste collection staff will down tools on Thursday in Edinburgh in the first wave of industrial action that will soon roll-out across the country.
Bins will go uncollected in the Capital at the height of the festival season after trade unions flatly refused the latest 3.5 per cent pay offer from COSLA, the body that represents town hall bosses.
