Waste and recycling workers in Edinburgh are set to go on strike during the city's Fringe Festival in a dispute over pay.
Unite the union says the two per cent offer members have received is "derisory" and a first wave of industrial action has been announced. The days of strike action are due to begin on August 18 and end on August 30, with around 250 workers expected to take part.
The Edinburgh Fringe arts festival begins on Friday (August 5) and runs until August 29. It is returning in full-scale form this year following the pandemic. Council workers in three unions across Scotland - the GMB, Unison and Unite - have already given their backing to industrial action after rejecting the two per cent pay increase offered to them local authority leaders.
