A union chief has hit out at the Scottish Government for slashing local authorities funding for 12 years as bin workers across the country hit the picket line to strike.
Wendy Dunsmore, Unite industrial officer, has urged the SNP government to meet union demands in order to halt the industrial action by waste workers that got underway today across 13 council areas.
Mountains of rubbish have piled up on the streets across Edinburgh since refuse workers went on strike on August 18.
