SUPPORT staff at schools and nurseries across almost a third of Scotland’s local authorities voted to strike in a pay dispute, their union announced today.

GMB Scotland members in cleaning, janitorial, catering and pupil support in 10 councils across the country backed industrial action.

The local authority areas involved are Aberdeen, Clackmannanshire, the Western Isles, Dundee, East Dunbartonshire, Falkirk, Glasgow, Orkney, Renfrewshire and South Ayrshire.