The Latest Breaking News from CoSLA

Last minute talks held to avoid strike and rubbish piling up in streets of West Lothian

Talks are ongoing today in a bid to halt strikes kicking-off tomorrow

Daily Record · Aug 23, 2022

School and nursery staff in nine council areas to strike over pay dispute

SCHOOL and nursery staff in nine Scottish council areas are to go on strike for three days next month in a dispute over pay.

The National (Scotland) · Aug 23, 2022

Edinburgh Council 'asleep at the wheel' as rubbish piles up, says former leader

Adam McVey said there has been a "dearth of leadership" in the face of strike action and offered to support further negotiations with his SNP colleagues at Holyrood.

Edinburgh Live · Aug 23, 2022

Angus Robertson: Labour-led council to blame for overflowing Edinburgh rubbish

Waste workers in the capital are on strike following a 3.5% pay offer which unions have called ‘derisory’ and ‘pathetic’.

The Independent UK · Aug 23, 2022

South Lanarkshire binmen set to strike over ongoing pay dispute

Although a revised pay offer is expected from Cosla, planned strike action for this week and next is expected to go ahead

Daily Record · Aug 23, 2022

Unions to meet councils as strikes see bins overflowing in Edinburgh

SCOTTISH councils are set to meet unions in a bid to stop the spread of strikes which have left Edinburgh’s bins overflowing and its streets…

The National (Scotland) · Aug 23, 2022

Unions to meet councils as strikes see Edinburgh’s streets strewn with rubbish

Council umbrella body Cosla is set to meet unions on Tuesday.

The Independent UK · Aug 23, 2022

What it's like in Edinburgh on day five of the bin worker strikes

THE Labour-run city of Edinburgh was covered in piles of rubbish and overflowing bins on day five of strikes as the dispute over pay grows

The National (Scotland) · Aug 22, 2022

Two more councils set for cleansing worker strike action after Edinburgh bin row

PLANNED strikes of waste and recycling workers in 15 Scottish councils are scheduled to continue as unions consider the latest offer from COSLA.

The National (Scotland) · Aug 22, 2022

Glasgow union demands assurances from COSLA over latest pay offer

COSLA have put forward an offer of 5%, but will meet with unions on Tuesday to go over the details.

Glasgow Live · Aug 22, 2022