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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 · Sep 1, 2022

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 · Sep 1, 2022

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) · Sep 1, 2022

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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.

The Independent UK · Sep 1, 2022

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 · Sep 1, 2022

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 · Aug 30, 2022

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

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

Daily Record · Aug 30, 2022

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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.

Daily Record · Aug 30, 2022

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.

Daily Record · Aug 30, 2022

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

The Independent UK · Aug 30, 2022

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'

Insider UK · Aug 30, 2022

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.

The Independent UK · Aug 29, 2022

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.

Edinburgh Live · Aug 29, 2022

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 Record · Aug 29, 2022

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Daily Mirror · Aug 29, 2022

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

The Guardian - UK · Aug 28, 2022

‘People are much angrier now’: why Britain is going on strike

New wave of union leaders, such as RMT’s Mick Lynch and Unite’s Sharon Graham, have galvanised workers

The National (Scotland) · Aug 28, 2022

Inside the strikes: Waste staff on front line of pay row battle for fair wages

IT STARTED in the capital with overflowing bins and litter-strewn streets but by the weekend, cleansing workers at 20 different Scottish councils…

The Guardian - UK · Aug 27, 2022

Unions threaten ‘waves of industrial action’ over UK cost of living crisis

Move could see synchronised strikes in autumn as new prime minister takes office

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The National (Scotland) · Aug 26, 2022

Striking workers demand fair pay at rally as social care staff request ballot

LOCAL government staff striking over pay made their voices heard in Glasgow as it emerged social care workers are requesting to be balloted for…

Daily Record · Aug 26, 2022

Dumfries and Galloway bins won't be emptied due to strike action

Waste workers in the Unite union will stage a walk out between September 6 and 13

Daily Record · Aug 25, 2022

Bin strikes to continue despite 'constructive talks' as John Swinney calls for 'dialogue' between unions and Cosla

The Deputy First Minister and acting Finance Secretary met with unions and the local government body on Wednesday in a bid to resolve the dispute.

Daily Record · Aug 24, 2022

Lanarkshire school and early years strike dates announced

Unison members in both council areas will stage three days of action next month in protest over pay.

The National (Scotland) · Aug 24, 2022

Council workers pay dispute could go on 'beyond the winter,' warns union

A UNION has warned that the current pay dispute with Cosla “could now go beyond the winter”.

The Independent UK · Aug 24, 2022

Pay dispute ‘could escalate beyond winter’ as more waste workers walk out

From Wednesday, waste workers in 13 local authorities in Scotland, including Glasgow, Dundee, and Aberdeen, will strike.

Daily Record · Aug 23, 2022

School and early years strikes explained - dates and councils that will be affected

School and early years workers will join waste and recycling workers in what is set to be the largest strike among council workers since the Trade Union Act was introduced in 2016.

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