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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Libby Brooks Scotland correspondent

Scotland school and waste service strikes called off after ‘credible’ pay offer

Woman walks past an overflowing bin in Edinburgh
A second wave of refuse workers’ strikes in Scotland had beens scheduled for next week. Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

A wave of strikes across waste services and schools in Scotland has been called off after a “credible” new pay offer.

Hundreds of schools and nurseries were set to close over three days next week as support staff joined industrial action, along with a second wave of strikes by refuse workers that had already seen bins overflowing and piles of accumulated rubbish in Scotland’s major cities.

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