The Unison industrial action will affect schools and early learning centres across the country.
The action affects school catering, cleaning, janitorial, admin and classroom assistance staff
Unison Scotland secretary Lilian Macer said workers had been put in an "untenable" position by Cosla. Ms Macer said Unison had received the "strongest ever" strike mandate from local government workers and said they would go for "maximum disruption" if no deal is reached. "The Scottish government's public sector pay policy makes no reference to inflation, makes no reference to the cost of living increase that members are facing.
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