Edinburgh bin workers begin strikes in pay dispute

Edinburgh bin workers begin strikes in pay dispute

People living in Edinburgh have been warned to expect "significant disruption" as the city's waste workers have launched a 12-day strike.

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Unions have rejected a pay offer equivalent to a 3.5% increase and the Edinburgh strike is the first of a series planned across Scotland.

The industrial action comes in the final weeks of the Edinburgh festivals.

Workers picketing outside Edinburgh City Chambers were joined by council leader Cammy Day.

The Labour councillor said more money was needed from the Scottish government to allow a better offer to be made to the striking workers.

Nicola Sturgeon has said council leaders should make a 5% pay offer to staff to avert further strikes.

The first minister said it was "really disappointing" that £140m of extra Scottish government funding had not resolved the pay row.

Hundreds of GMB and Unite union members in Edinburgh's waste and recycling service will be on strike until 30 August - the day after the end of the city's International and Fringe festivals.

They will be joined by further strike action from workers in waste and recycling services across Scottish local government on 26 and 29 August, as well as between 7 and 10 September.

GMB Scotland organiser Kirsten Muat has warned of huge disruption to life in Scotland's capital city.