Stirling Council has claimed that more than 70% of its staff worked normally during a one-day strike on Monday.
The action by Unison trade union members was in protest at employees being asked to accept a 0.5% pay cut and work an extra hour each week.
The council said most services had been “unaffected” by the strike and insisted that the changes in salaries and working hours were necessary to help achieve budget savings of £24 million over four years.
However, some nurseries and facilities for children with special needs were closed, as were several libraries. Day care and home care services for some elderly residents were also cancelled.
Council chief executive Bob Jack said: “I would like to thank the vast majority of our employees, including the many Unison members, who came to work as usual and kept most services running normally. We very much regret the problems that the union action caused for some children, families and older people.
“More than 40% of employees have accepted the new terms and conditions and the figure is growing each day.
“The unions should call off all future action as it is clearly completely out of step with the wishes of their own members and most council workers it simply hurts the members of the public who most need our services.”
He said the council would ensure that any rubbish and recycling bins not emptied on Monday owing to unofficial industrial action by some members of the Unite union would be picked up during the rest of the week.
Unison branch secretary James Douglas has said the aim of the strike was to force management to think again about its proposals.
However, Mr Jack insisted yesterday that the changes in pay and conditions being sought were fair and limited and would spread the pain of the cuts.
He added: “We are asking employees to work an extra 12 minutes a day and to accept an average reduction in pay of £10 a month. It is surely better that the savings are spread across the whole council than having to cut particular services, with resulting job losses in these areas.”