Ayrshire waste woes won't be extended into next week after refuse workers were presented with a 'credible' deal this afternoon.
Unite the union members were set to go out on strike for the second time next week in a row over pay and terms but positive talks today has prompted the suspension of industrial action.
All three Ayrshire council areas — along with Aberdeenshire, Aberdeen City, Angus, Dumfries and Galloway, Dundee, East Dunbartonshire, East Lothian, East Renfrewshire, Edinburgh, Falkirk, Fife, Glasgow, Highland, Inverclyde, South Lanarkshire and West Lothian — were set to be affected by waste workers walking out on Tuesday for eight days.