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Scottish council bosses accused of 'blackmail' for claiming pay rises will cost 20,000 jobs

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Council bosses have been accused of “blackmail” over claims an inflation-linked pay rise for staff risks 20,000 jobs. Local authority umbrella group COSLA is proposing to sound the alarm over jobs after trade unions hit out at a two per cent offer.

Johanna Baxter, of UNISON union, said: “What sort of society do we live in when employers try to force the lowest paid public sector workers to take a derisory pay offer or face the threat of job losses?

This is nothing short of blackmail.”Wendy Dunsmore, of the Unite union, said: “Any suggestion that a fair and decent pay rise for local government workers will lead to job cuts is not only factually incorrect but it is offensive. “COSLA has proven themselves spineless time after time and they have consistently capitulated to the Scottish Government instead of fighting for local government workers." Tens of thousands of council staff are being balloted for strike action as part of a standoff on pay.A walk out would include staff in waste and cleansing services as well as key workers in schools.COSLA, which negotiates with the unions on pay, wants to offer more than two per cent but believes its hands are tied by the funding settlement offered by the Scottish Government.A COSLA meeting will today consider a paper, obtained by the Record, focusing on the “impact on jobs” of a bigger rise without extra cash from the Government.The proposed PR strategy states: “For context if we were to consider additional increases to the current offer of 2 per cent this could be expressed as the number of jobs that may be impacted.“Any additional 1 per cent increase to our offer for these groups would cost the same as retaining 2,500 jobs (£90m).

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