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Strikes halted after unions receive new pay offer from council leaders

The dispute has seen piles of rubbish build up in city centres as waste workers went on strike.

The Independent UK

Council strikes called off after union recommends members accept Cosla pay offer

There have been numerous rounds of talks between Cosla, unions and the Scottish Government to agree a pay deal for council staff

The National (Scotland)

Strike action SUSPENDED after trade unions recommend pay offer for council workers

Members of the Unison, GMB and Unite trade unions will not strike next week after a revised pay offer was lodged by council chiefs.

Daily Record

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All Lanarkshire schools to close next week as part of three-day strike action

Schools and nurseries across both North and South Lanarkshire will be shut to pupils from September 6-8

Daily Record

Second wave of strikes by Perth and Kinross waste collection staff to go ahead after unions rejected latest pay offer

Both Unite and GMB Scotland unions - who represent Tayside Contracts members and local bin collectors respectively - refused Cosla’s five per cent pay rise offer, with add-ons, on Monday

Daily Record

School closures announced for next week in Stirling as strike action kicks off

The closures will affect all nurseries, primaries and most secondaries in the region.

Daily Record

Pay talks chaired by Sturgeon constructive but no deal yet – union

Johanna Baxter from Unison Scotland said it is now down to Cosla to determine whether to revise the pay offer at the centre of a row.

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No deal reached in talks between unions and First Minister to avert fresh strikes

MARATHON talks between Nicola Sturgeon, unions and local authority bosses have ended without a deal.

The National (Scotland)

Talks chaired by Sturgeon to avert fresh strikes end without deal

First Minister stated that Scottish Government budget to negotiate with 'is finite'

Insider UK

Sturgeon marathon talks fail to resolve bins dispute as new strikes look likely to go ahead

Cleanup begins in cities but unions and council bosses remain far apart on pay offers

Wales Online

Union calls on new PM to impose £30bn tax on rich to save frontline workers from cost-of-living disaster

Poll shows backing for wealth tax on property worth over £5m

The Independent UK

Talks chaired by Nicola Sturgeon in bid to avert fresh strikes ends without deal

The Scottish Government has urged unions and councils to ‘continue to seek a fair and sustainable settlement’ in their pay dispute.

The Independent UK

First Minister holds talks with union leaders as strikes continue across Scotland

THE First Minister is chairing talks with union leaders to try and end a strike that has seen rubbish pile up in cities across Scotland.

The National (Scotland)

Sturgeon holds talks with unions in a bid to avert further council strikes

Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is in discussions with the GMB, Unite and Unison in a bid to end the council pay dispute.

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Daily Record

Dumfries and Galloway set to be hit by bin collectors strikes after new pay offer rejected

An eight-day walkout will begin on September 6 despite warnings the latest offer is "as good as it gets"

Daily Record

Forth Valley council workers' strike set to continue following latest pay offer

Bin men in Stirling and Clackmannanshire are scheduled to continued their strike next week.

Daily Record

Scottish schools and nurseries closing during three-day strike in September

Council workers including cleaners and teaching assistants will be walking out.

Daily Record

School strikes to continue as unions lambast latest pay offer

Unite, Unison and the GMB warned last night that the proposed three-day strike in East Renfrewshire schools and early years centres will still go ahead unless the dispute over pay is resolved.

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Daily Record

Next bin strike dates in Scotland as walkouts set to continue in September

A second round of strikes is coming next week as workers in 25 councils take action over eight days.

The Independent UK

Schools across Scotland to close next week as support staff strike over pay

Catering staff, cleaners, janitors, teaching assistants and early years practitioners to walk out in pay strike

Insider UK

Sturgeon says all options ‘exhausted’ for more funding amid strikes

Body representing local councils stated that yesterday's offer is 'as good as it gets'

The Independent UK

Nicola Sturgeon says all options for more funding amid strikes ‘exhausted’

Action is set to go ahead as unions reject an ‘unacceptable’ council pay offer.

Edinburgh Live

Edinburgh bin strikes to continue next week after unions reject latest pay offer

Refuse and cleansing staff will return to work on Tuesday but they could walk out again next week if a deal is not agreed by then.

Daily Record

Bin strikes set to continue across Scotland as Unison reject latest pay offer

Rejection of the pay offer, thought to be in the region of £1925, means that a rolling series of looming bin strikes across 20 council areas will go ahead.

Daily Mirror

Unions demand co-ordinated strikes in autumn as cost of living crisis escalates

Unite and Unison, the country's largest unions, have submitted motions calling for synchronised walkouts ahead of the TUC's annual conference next month

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