Union leader warms of same mistakes in school dispute

Key Facts

• Roz Foyer, general secretary of the STUC, said school support workers had "no choice" but to take action later this month to get a fair pay deal.
• The three major council unions rejected the latest offer and set a deadline of Wednesday for an improved proposal.
• Ms Foyer was speaking on BBC Scotland's The Sunday Show days after three unions agreed to strike over pay and conditions for janitors and school support workers.
• They said: "Despite UK government cuts, the Scottish government has provided a further £155m in 2023-24 to support a meaningful pay rise for local government workers, which has been taken into account in the pay offer made by Cosla "We continue our engagement with Cosla on how staff and services are supported this year and next."

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