In a comment welcoming the news, a  COSLA Spokesperson said:

“I’m pleased that UNISON members have voted to accept the two-year pay offer from COSLA. The offer is worth 4% in year 1 which will be backdated to 1st April 2025, and a further 3.5% increase in year 2 from 1st April 2026. In putting forward this strong, two-year offer Council Leaders recognise the value our employees in Scotland’s councils deliver every day.

“We know that the two other unions – UNITE and GMB – have still to complete the balloting of members. If they are in favour of acceptance councils will be able to take forward work to get the pay increase of 7.64% over the two-year period into the pockets of our workforce.”