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Unions urge Scottish local authority workers to reject pay offer

published this on 11:30 am, Friday, 10th October, 2008
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Just as the RMT rail strike planned to run for 24 hours from yesterday lunchtime was suspended, the GMT union, followed later by Unison, have advised members to reject the recent pay offer from the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (Cosla). GMT and Unison are two of the three unions – with Unite -  involved in the long running dispute over a time-tied and below inflation pay offer.

Cosla had recently increased its offer from 2.5% to 3% for one year followed by 2.5% for the following year. The three unions have taken time to consider this offer but the omens are not now good for the averting of yet another crippling strike affecting local authority services from ferries, to schools, to refuse collections…

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