Refuse staff from across South Lanarkshire have formed a picket line for the third day outside the council's waste services headquarters today.
The group, who are members of three different unions, have been gathering outside the council building on Forrest Street, Blantyre, to protest against COSLA's five per cent pay offer.
The union members - from Unite, GMB and Unison - are proudly waving their flags and banners and encouraging motorists to beep and back them in their stance against the voice of local government in Scotland.