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Bin strike dates confirmed across Tayside, Fife and Stirling

Union members are set to take industrial action in August if they do not receive an improved pay offer.

Waste and refuge workers are set to strike in Perth and Kinross, Fife and Stirling
Bin workers suspend strike action in August. Image: Mhairi Edwards/DC Thomson

Bin strike dates have been confirmed across Tayside, Fife and Stirling.

Workers have voted to take industrial action in a dispute over pay.

The strikes will take place between August 14 and August 21 in Dundee, Angus, Perth and Kinross, Fife and Stirling.

The action will involve waste workers, street cleaners and recycling centre operators.

It comes after Unison, Unite and GMB members rejected a 3.2% rise put on the table by council umbrella body Cosla, which said the offer was “strong, fair and credible”.

Dates for bin strikes Tayside, Fife and Stirling

Although the dates for bin strikes have been announced, it has not yet been confirmed whether bin collections and recycling centres will be affected on all or just some of these days.

Specific plans for each area are expected to be announced closer to the time.

Cosla met with trade unions and the Scottish Government on Tuesday and described the talks as “constructive”.

Unison workers have voted to strike.
Unison workers have voted to strike. Image: Mhairi Edwards/DC Thomson

Unite welcomed the “positive talks” but warned a new “credible offer” must be tabled to suspend industrial action.

Keir Greenaway, GMB Scotland senior organiser in public services, said: “Industrial action will start in two weeks unless ministers and local authorities identify the money needed to make an acceptable offer.”

Unison described the industrial action as a “last resort”.

Councillor Katie Hagmann from Cosla said: “While no immediate solution was identified, officers will now undertake further work at pace in the coming days to explore all options to avoid industrial action.

“However, I reiterated to the cabinet secretary the very limited options available to local government, and that any solution needs to be both affordable and sustainable.”

Councils say they will work to minimise disruption but have yet to confirm how the strikes will affect residents.

The Courier has set out everything we know so far about the bin strikes.

Rubbish strewn across Reform Street, Dundee.
Rubbish piled up on Reform Street in Dundee during the 2022 bin strikes. Image: Steve MacDougall/DC Thomson

During the last major bin strikes in 2022, rubbish piled up on streets across the region.

Rats were lured into Dundee and Perth city centres as bins overflowed.

The strikes were eventually called off at the start of September 2022 after a new pay offer came forward.

However, bin workers in Perth and Kinross then went on strike again in August 2023.

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