Councils seek government funds to avoid school-closing strikes
BBC 2023-09-19 13:48:52 • 2 mins
Councils are seeking Scottish government funding to make staff an improved pay deal and avoid strikes which will close schools.
Unions have rejected the latest pay offer which impacts non-teaching staff.
They say a substantially improved offer needs to be made by 17:00 on Wednesday to avoid the strikes.
The Scottish government has previously said that any deal would need to come from money already allocated to councils.
However, local government body Cosla wants to hold talks with Deputy First Minister Shona Robison.
The three-day strike by Unison, Unite and the GMB will happen across 26 of Scotland's 32 council areas.
