GMB union has agreed to a pay proposal put forward by local authority body COSLA, it has been revealed.

A total of 51% of Scottish members voted to back the pay rise of around £1,000 for cleansing staff earning less than £25,000.

However, the increase cannot be officially approved until Unison, which has taken joint action with GMB in its fight for higher wages, consult its members in a ballot next week.

It comes after workers downed their tools across Glasgow as staff demanded an increase in wages to cope with "rising living costs".

If an agreement with COSLA is reached, union chiefs have warned it will not be the end of their fight in the city.

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Bosses say living costs in Glasgow are higher than elsewhere in the country, prompting its determination to receive an additional payment boost for those working here.

A spokesperson said all council workers classed as a grade one, two, or three are earning somewhere between £17,000 to £18,000 per year which "doesn't go far enough" to make ends meet.

He added: "The ballot of members across all 32 councils voted marginally to accept the COSLA offer, but it's clear after eight days of solid strike action that more needs to be done for the lowest paid in Scotland's biggest city. 

"That's why we can't rule out further strike action."

It's understood the union plans to hold a further ballot later this month which could spell more strikes around Christmas.

It comes as Glasgow City Council and the union continue to butt heads over side waste which has piled up throughout the industrial action, which took place while COP26 was being held on the banks of the River Clyde.

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