Scottish councils are set to meet unions in a bid to stop the spread of strikes which have left Edinburgh’s bins overflowing.
Waste workers walked out on Thursday in protest at a 3.5% pay rise offer unions blasted as “derisory”, with the strike scheduled to last until 30 August.
Last week, the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA) offered a 5% pay deal to workers, a move First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Monday she hoped would resolve the dispute.
