IT STARTED in the capital with overflowing bins and litter-strewn streets but by the weekend, cleansing workers at 20 different Scottish councils had agreed to strike in a momentous battle for fair pay.
“The strike is solid”, one union official said, as more departments are expected to take to picket lines over the coming months. Education staff in schools and nurseries at seven authorities have agreed to go on strike in September, and it emerged that their social care colleagues have been “demanding” a ballot on a walk out of their own.
