Edinburgh bin strike: Stoppage continues as unions reject latest below-inflation offer

Edinburgh’s bin strike is to continue after the unions rejected the latest five per cent pay offer for council staff.

And the action will now also spread to 13 other local authorities across Scotland, including East Lothian and West Lothian, from tomorrow.

The Unite union said for more than half of local government workers, the offer meant an increase of between £900 and £1,250 a year, compared to the offer a £1,925 flat-rate pay offer made to council workers in England.
The decision, following talks with the councils’ umbrella organisation Cosla, means rubbish will continue to pile up in the streets during the Capital’s busiest month of the year.