Strike Looms as Scottish Watter Warkers Demand Fair Pey

Ower a thoosand warkers at Scottish Watter are facin a pivotal moment as they get strike ballots ower pey issues. The union UNISON annoonced this development on Thursday last week, warnin that if warkers support the strike, mass walkoots cuid happen ower Scotland this month.

Scottish Watter has proposed a pey rise o 3.4% or £1400, whitivver is heicher. Hooever, UNISON argues that this offer fails tae address a decade o pey cuts an disnae reflect the true value o the warkers’ contributions.

Tricia McArthur, the secretary o UNISON’s Scottish Watter branch, expressed the gravity o the situation. “Naebody waants tae tak strike action, but Scottish Watter warkers feel they’ve nae chyce. Staff are simply askin for a fair pey rise tae keep up wi inflation an restore some o the pey they’ve lost ower the past 10 year,” she stated.

Emma Phillips, a regional organiser for UNISON Scotland, criticised the directors at Scottish Watter for their haundlin o the pey situation. “Scottish Watter directors hae behaved appallinly. They’re awready on massive salaries, but dinnae see fit tae gie hard-warkin staff a fair pey rise,” she said.

The warkers at Scottish Watter play a crucial role in ensurin that hames an businesses get clean, fresh watter an that sewage is properly managed. They deserve fair compensation for their essential wark.

UNISON represents owre 1,000 warkers at Scottish Watter, makin it the main union in the organisation. The strike ballot appened this week an will close at noon on Monday, Februar 17. UNISON staunds as Scotland’s maist muckle union, wi owre 150,000 memmers servin in various public sectors, includin education, local government, the NHS, an mair.