School staff to strike in 10 Scottish council areas

School unit successful 10 section authorization areas volition spell connected onslaught connected 13 and 14 September, GMB Scotland has confirmed.

The areas affected see Aberdeen, Clackmannanshire, Comhairle Nan Eilean Siar, Dundee, East Dunbartonshire, Falkirk, Glasgow, Orkney, Renfrewshire and South Ayrshire.

GMB Scotland's members - which includes non-teaching schoolhouse unit - rejected a wage connection of 5.5% successful April, calling it "unacceptable".

The union's elder organiser Keir Greenaway said the connection "does not travel close" to matching the surging outgo of living.

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