THOUSANDS of workers represented by Britain’s biggest three trade unions are fighting for better pay at Scottish Water as they began a two-day strike today.

The action came after workers at the Scottish government-owned company “overwhelmingly rejected” a pay offer worth 3.4 per cent or £1,400 — whichever was higher — after months of negotiations, and talks at conciliation service Acas, which GMB Scotland organiser Claire Greer argues “only made it worse.”