Glasgow bin workers’ Cop26 strike averted after last-minute pay offer

Thousands of council workers, including street cleaners, were to strike from 1 November

A potentially embarrassing strike by rubbish collectors and street cleaners during the Cop26 climate conference in Glasgow has been averted after a last-minute pay offer was made on Friday evening.

Thousands of council workers, including rubbish collectors, school janitors and cleaners across the city were to go on strike starting on 1 November as part of a long-running dispute over pay and conditions, raising the prospect of streets overflowing with refuse as the eyes of the world turn to Glasgow.