Support staff at schools and nurseries across almost a third of Scotland’s local authorities have voted to strike in a pay dispute.
GMB Scotland members in cleaning, janitorial, catering and pupil support in 10 councils across the country have backed industrial action.
The local authority areas involved are Aberdeen, Clackmannanshire, the Western Isles, Dundee, East Dunbartonshire, Falkirk, Glasgow, Orkney, Renfrewshire and South Ayrshire.
The union said strikes will take place unless a breakthrough comes at last-ditch talks with council umbrella body Cosla on Wednesday.
More than 8,000 members from the around 21,000 workers the union represents in these areas voted for industrial action.
The ballot came after 94% of the members rejected the councils’ offer of a 5.5% in-year pay rise.
Meanwhile, council parking staff will walk out in Glasgow to support the pay claim this week, with the strike threatening to disrupt the UCI World Cycling Championships which starts in Scotland on Thursday.
