Local government workers in Scotland have organised another one-day strike on 24 September and agreed to further action if the employers don’t respond with an improvement on their 2.5% offer.
Read more at > UNISON Scotland (EN)
And at > GMB (EN)
And at > UNITE (EN)
Scottish local government workers to take further strike action
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Scottish local government workers vote for industrial action
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