Council bosses are set to meet union representatives in a last minute bid to stop strikes that could leave rubbish piling up around West Lothian.
Waste workers walked out on Thursday in Edinburgh in protest at a 3.5 per cent pay rise offer unions blasted as “derisory” and “pathetic”, with the strike scheduled to last until August 30.
A meeting is being held today (Tuesday) with Cosla and Unite and the GMB to stop the spread of the industrial action to other local authorities, including West Lothian.