Local authority staff in Scotland have accepted a pay offer, bringing to an end industrial action that had led to school closures.
Unison members working voted to accept an improved offer after taking strike action last month.
Some 69.6 per cent of Unison voters - including pupil support assistants, janitors and catering and cleaning staff - backed the latest pay offer.
Unison Scotland’s head of local government, Johanna Baxter, said: “This deal is long overdue and was hard fought for by Unison members.
“[Local authorities’ body] Cosla urgently needs to review the bargaining process to ensure that future pay negotiations progress quickly and with as little disruption as possible.”
Cosla has this afternoon issued a statement welcoming the vote to accept the latest pay offer by Unison members, including from across all of Scotland’s 32 local authorities.
Katie Hagmann, Cosla’s resources spokesperson, said: “It is great to finally get this deal over the line, I am pleased with today’s news that Unison members have joined their GMB and Unite colleagues in voting to accept the strong offer from Cosla.”
She added: “Throughout this challenging process, we have listened carefully to our trade unions, met all their asks and worked with Scottish government to put an incredibly strong half-a-billion pound pay package forward.
“For the sake of everyone in our local government workforce, who are delivering essential frontline services, I am pleased that the pay offer has now been accepted by all of our trade union colleagues.”
A series of strikes had already taken place before further action was suspended earlier this month, to allow Unison members to members assess the latest offer.
