SCOTTISH Water workers have launched a two-day strike over an ongoing pay row.

Unison, which represents more than 1,000 staff, warned emergency repairs and water quality checks will not be carried out until the walkout ends on Thursday.

The action follow a one-day strike last month after Unison rejected a 2.6 per cent pay offer it said “fails to compensate staff for a decade of real-terms pay cuts.”

Unison Scotland regional organiser Emma Phillips said: “Staff have suffered a decade of pay deals that haven’t kept up with inflation.

“They are not willing to be underpaid any longer.”

Scottish Water chief operating officer Peter Farrer said: “We don’t recognise the 2.6 per cent number in Unison’s statement and it’s not been part of the offer in our negotiations.

“The pay offer is an above-inflation 3.4 per cent increase for 2024-25, with a guaranteed pay rise of at least £1,400 for those on the lowest job grades, meaning some employees will receive around 5.5 per cent.”