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Daily Record
Daily Record
National
Ross Dunn

Bin strikes suspended as Nicola Sturgeon involvement leads to union accepting 'credible' deal for waste workers

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.

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