COUNCIL workers in Scotland are moving “full steam ahead” towards strike action this summer after rejecting a “derisory” pay offer, Unite said today.

General secretary Sharon Graham said members rejected outright Cosla’s offer of 2.2 per cent effective from April 1 to September 30, and then two per cent for the following 12-month period.

“We are clear that our members shouldn’t settle for anything that doesn’t come close to meeting their demands,” she added.