Unison has rejected the latest “insulting” pay offer from employers ahead of strike action by school support staff from Tuesday to Thursday, September 26 to 28.
Cosla said the offer would mean the lowest paid workers would see a 21 per cent increase in their pay over a two-year period. Unison Scotland head of local government Johanna Baxter said: “It is deeply disappointing that it has taken Cosla five months since our members rejected the initial offer to present such insignificant changes.
“Given the state of local authority budgets, we believe this to be a dereliction of the duty to stand up for local government and fight for the funding needed to both properly reward the local government workforce and keep our public services running.” Unions have warned that more than three-quarters of Scotland’s schools could shut when support staff take three days of strike action in the dispute over pay.