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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Severin Carrell Scotland editor

Scotland faces wave of summer bin strikes as unions reject new pay offer

Two refuse workers in PPE clearing up a large amount of rubbish that has spilled from a public bin into the street
Refuse workers in Edinburgh after first wave of strikes ended in August 2022. Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Scotland faces a wave of bin strikes this summer after unions rejected a new pay offer, with the Edinburgh fringe at risk of a repeat of 2022 when mountains of refuse bags littered the streets.

The GMB and Unite unions said on Monday that their members had voted against a revised pay deal, which Scotland’s local authorities had described as “strong, fair and credible”.

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