Refuse workers have been on strike for just over a week in a dispute over pay and conditions.
The deal, for workers at all 32 Scottish councils, involves £30m from the Scottish government and £18.5m from local government.Chris Mitchell, the GMB's convenor for cleansing in Glasgow, told BBC Radio'sthat as well as the offer of a 5.8% pay rise, Glasgow City Council had come up with 14 extra points that would be put to members.
"We were also excluded from the £500 Covid bonus last year - quite rightly the NHS and the care workers deserved that money but I just think the Scottish government made a mistake by not including cleansing workers." "This is to do with workers standing up for what they believe in - a long time coming in Glasgow to be honest," he said. "I've been here 30 years and the demise in the service has been absolutely shocking."
"But even during that period cuts were still made," he said. "We gave the council a two-week period notice for strike action and it just happened to land on the 1st of November which was COP26."He added: "I'm hoping the 14 points will be sufficient but it will be up to the members. Some of the points that are on the table we've been waiting probably five, six years for, especially some of the facilities that we work in - they're unfit for purpose.
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