Scottish Water staff plan weekly strikes over three months amid pay row
The IndependentFor free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Hundreds of workers at Scottish Water will take 48 days of strike action over three months which could see disruption to repairs and delays in responding to floods, unions have warned. If the action goes ahead due to the intransigence of Scottish Water management, then this will have major public safety and health implications Stephen Deans, Unite In practical terms, this means burst pipe repairs on roads and highways will not be repaired by Unite members on the scheduled days of action. Stephen Deans, Unite regional co-ordinating officer, said: “Scottish Water has paid lip service to our major concerns over pay which is being tied to a proposed new grading structure. If the action goes ahead due to the intransigence of Scottish Water management, then this will have major public safety and health implications.” Unison’s Scottish Water branch secretary Patricia McArthur said the firm’s treatment of workers is “storing up problems for the future”.