A boost in the living wage to £7.50 per hour from April 2013 by Scotland's councils has been welcomed by unions - but they said it won't make up for pay freezes.
Scottish local government body Cosla claimed its pay deal will end a two-year freeze - though it would be funded from existing resources for wages.
But unions said the offer was just 1 per cent.
Unison's Douglas Black said last year's £1,000 claim was based on how far council workers' pay had fallen behind.
"There's no doubt that 1 per cent doesn't close that gap," he said.
A Cosla spokesman said the offer was the "very limits" of what councils could afford.
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