Time is running out to avert looming bin strikes , unions have said in a fresh warning for Scottish councils - here's what we know. When will the bin strikes take place? Eight days of strikes across waste and recycling are due to start on Wednesday, August 14. GMB Scotland, which along with Unite is representing bin workers in the dispute, said councils now only have seven working days to find the money to fund a new offer capable of suspending industrial action .
Keir Greenaway, the union’s senior organiser in public services, said local authority leaders needed to sign off an offer while unions discuss the detail, meaning there is even less time to find agreement. Cosla, the umbrella body representing councils, and the Scottish Government must show a new urgency after months of needless delay, Mr Greenaway said. “We are now days from industrial action that could easily have been avoided if councils had shown a determination to find agreement months ago,” the union organiser said.
“It has been obvious for some time that councils did not have the will or the resource to fund a fair offer while we urged them to approach the Scottish Government for support. Ministers only joined the discussions last week when our members had already voted to take action and preparation for strikes was well underway. “The imminent threat of widespread disruption has encouraged an urgency among council leaders and ministers that should have been present from the first day of talks.
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