School strikes set to go ahead as weekend engagement fails

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School strikes set to go ahead as weekend engagement fails
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The strikes will affect 24 council areas for three days starting from Tuesday unless a new offer is made.

Strikes in 24 of Scotland’s local authorities are set to go ahead this week after councils and a trade union failed to reach an agreement over the weekend.

Unite and the GMB union both cancelled strikes to put the offer from local authority body Cosla to members, while Unison opted to ballot staff while continuing action. Mark Ferguson, the chair of Unison Scotland’s local government committee said: “Unison is continuing with schools strikes unless something significant comes from Cosla in the next hours.

“And the failure to provide any new money to back this offer means further cuts to jobs and services. Unison will not accept a position where the union is asked to trade pay for jobs and services.“But Unison believes that council workers in Scotland deserve far better this.

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