BINMEN in Glasgow have voted to take industrial action during COP26 amid a pay rise row with COSLA.
The cleansing workers have vowed to strike during the climate summit unless pay conditions are improved by the national employer, as our sister title The Glasgow Times reports.
In a recent ballot carried out by the GMB, a majority of 96.9% of members voted in favour of striking in response to COSLA's latest pay offer.
The union rejected the association's £850 pay rise proposal for those earning up to £25,000 a year after 95% of staff balloted against the bid last month.
In Glasgow we have reached the legal threshold in our Industrial Action Ballot.
— Glasgow GMB (@GMBGlasgowCC) October 14, 2021
96.9% voted in favour of Industrial Action in response to the latest pay offer from @COSLA
Unless there is an improved offer on Monday we will be taking action in Glasgow during COP 26 pic.twitter.com/rEXapaGYHL
A statement from GMB reads: "In Glasgow, we have reached the legal threshold in our Industrial Action Ballot.
"96.9% voted in favour of Industrial Action in response to the latest pay offer from @COSLA.
"Unless there is an improved offer on Monday we will be taking action in Glasgow during COP26."
Chris Mitchell, who is the union's branch convener, added: "We were called Covid heroes and essential workers.
"This is when low-paid workers take a stand against COSLA and say enough is enough because these heores deserve a pay rise."
More than 100 world leaders and around 25,000 delegates are expected to arrive in the city on November 1.
The Glasgow Times has approached COSLA for comment.
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