Bin Strikes
Swinney told bin strikes can be avoided for £50m as unions blast 'delusional' offer
![Unions have warned ministers to act on a “window of opportunity” to end looming bin strikes (Andrew Milligan/PA)](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18263757.jpg)
![Unions have warned ministers to act on a “window of opportunity” to end looming bin strikes (Andrew Milligan/PA)](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18263757.jpg)
![Council workers reject latest pay offer as 'mountains of rubbish' to pile the streets](/resources/images/128x89/1x/14836626.jpg)
![Council workers reject latest pay offer as 'mountains of rubbish' to pile the streets](/resources/images/180x180/1x/14836626.jpg)
Updated
![Two unions to announce decision on bin strikes after new offer from Cosla](/resources/images/128x89/1x/14836626.jpg)
![Two unions to announce decision on bin strikes after new offer from Cosla](/resources/images/180x180/1x/14836626.jpg)
![Bin strike](/resources/images/128x89/1x/15706547.jpg)
![Bin strike](/resources/images/180x180/1x/15706547.jpg)
Exclusive
![Union leaders warn of 'rubbish piling up in streets' after council staff strike vote](/resources/images/128x89/1x/14836626.jpg)
![Union leaders warn of 'rubbish piling up in streets' after council staff strike vote](/resources/images/180x180/1x/14836626.jpg)
![Workers return after a bin strike in 2022](/resources/images/128x89/1x/14836626.jpg)
![Workers return after a bin strike in 2022](/resources/images/180x180/1x/14836626.jpg)
![Edinburgh is one of 13 councils in Scotland where waste and recycling workers affiliated with the GMB union have voted in favour of industrial action](/resources/images/128x89/1x/15706547.jpg)
![Edinburgh is one of 13 councils in Scotland where waste and recycling workers affiliated with the GMB union have voted in favour of industrial action](/resources/images/180x180/1x/15706547.jpg)
![Workers return after the last bin strike in 2022](/resources/images/128x89/1x/14836626.jpg)
![Workers return after the last bin strike in 2022](/resources/images/180x180/1x/14836626.jpg)
![Bins overflowing on Buchnan Street in Glasgow](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18134745.jpg)
![Bins overflowing on Buchnan Street in Glasgow](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18134745.jpg)
![Members of the CWU from Glasgow strip off for a fundraising calendar (Gulabi Photo)](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16161476.jpg)
![Members of the CWU from Glasgow strip off for a fundraising calendar (Gulabi Photo)](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16161476.jpg)
![Overflowing bins in Glasgow](/resources/images/128x89/1x/14674718.jpg)
![Overflowing bins in Glasgow](/resources/images/180x180/1x/14674718.jpg)
![The Scottish Government has urged unions and councils to ‘continue to seek a fair and sustainable settlement’ in their pay dispute](/resources/images/128x89/1x/14850895.jpg)
![The Scottish Government has urged unions and councils to ‘continue to seek a fair and sustainable settlement’ in their pay dispute](/resources/images/180x180/1x/14850895.jpg)
![The city’s waste workers walked out on August 18 in a dispute over pay](/resources/images/128x89/1x/14792132.jpg)
![The city’s waste workers walked out on August 18 in a dispute over pay](/resources/images/180x180/1x/14792132.jpg)
In Pictures
![Protesters on the picket line outside a railway station (Danny Lawson/PA)](/resources/images/128x89/1x/14358787.jpg)
![Protesters on the picket line outside a railway station (Danny Lawson/PA)](/resources/images/180x180/1x/14358787.jpg)
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