Get all your news in one place.
100's of premium titles.
One app.
Start reading
Daily Record
Daily Record
National
Stuart Gillespie

Dumfries and Galloway council workers reject new pay deal

Council workers have overwhelmingly rejected a new pay deal.

Members of the GMB union, including bin collectors, school cleaners and home carers, have knocked back a deal from local authority body Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA).

The union claims the deal represented a 5.5 per cent pay increase with COSLA describing it as a rise of up to 9.1 per cent for the lowest earners, with people earning more than £38,585 in line to receive more than six per cent.

Sign up to read this article
Read news from 100's of titles, curated specifically for you.
Already a member? Sign in here
Related Stories
Top stories on inkl right now
One subscription that gives you access to news from hundreds of sites
Already a member? Sign in here
Our Picks
Fourteen days free
Download the app
One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.