Refuse workers are today beginning their 11 day long strike of bin collection in protest of the 3.5 per cent pay increase proposed by Edinburgh City Council.
Protestors gathered outside the Seafield Recycling Centre this evening after the industrial action began in the morning. The strike, organised by Unite and GMB, comes as unions representing council workers across Scotland threaten industrial action over pay.
The union rejected the formal offer from COSLA of a 3.5 per cent pay increase. At roughly 5am on Thursday morning, picket lines were formed at recycling and waste centres in Edinburgh and a protest was held outside the city chambers.
