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| Local government unions have called another one-day strike across Scotland in pursuit of their pay claim. | Local government unions have called another one-day strike across Scotland in pursuit of their pay claim. |
| The walk-out will take place on Wednesday 24 September. | The walk-out will take place on Wednesday 24 September. |
| The action could be followed by a programme of disruption involving groups of council workers being brought out for up to a week at a time. | The action could be followed by a programme of disruption involving groups of council workers being brought out for up to a week at a time. |
| Last month 150,000 Scottish council workers took one-day strike action. The unions said an offer of a 2.5% pay rise was, in effect, a pay cut. | Last month 150,000 Scottish council workers took one-day strike action. The unions said an offer of a 2.5% pay rise was, in effect, a pay cut. |
| Talks between local government body Cosla and the three unions involved - Unite, the GMB and Unison - broke down earlier this week. | Talks between local government body Cosla and the three unions involved - Unite, the GMB and Unison - broke down earlier this week. |
| Union members had hoped Cosla would offer a new one year deal taking inflation into account. | Union members had hoped Cosla would offer a new one year deal taking inflation into account. |
| However, Cosla said increasing the original offer of 2.5% in the current economic climate would result in service and job cuts. | |
| Cosla spokesman Councillor Michael Cook said: "I am disappointed that the trade unions are actively planning to put Scotland's communities through more unnecessary disruption." | |
| He said the "financial environment" had changed since the offer was first made in March and he "fully sympathised" with council employees over the pressures they faced. | |
| "As has been outlined those pressures also mean huge difficulties for council budgets," he said. |