A “significantly” better offer is needed to end strike action by support staff which has closed schools across much of the country, a union chief has said, as she warned of further strikes.
And Ms Macer warned that further strike action “will be on the cards” unless a deal is reached and called on First Minister Humza Yousaf to get involved in negotiations.Mr Yousaf on Monday urged Unison to suspend strike action and put the offer to members. “If you are serious about discussions with Unison, pick up the phone and as Scottish secretary I’ll be there.”
The living wage of £10.85 will rise to £11.89 under the new offer, equivalent to a 9.6% increase – but Unison has said the revised pay offer remains a “real terms pay cut” and “below the rate of inflation”.Speaking on a picket line outside Carluke High School in South Lanarkshire, she said: “We are now in the process of organising a consultative ballot with our members with a recommendation to reject this offer.