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| Southampton Itchen Bridge toll workers start strike | Southampton Itchen Bridge toll workers start strike |
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| About 20 toll collectors working on Southampton's Itchen Bridge have started a week-long strike in a dispute over pay cuts. | About 20 toll collectors working on Southampton's Itchen Bridge have started a week-long strike in a dispute over pay cuts. |
| It follows industrial action by the city council's parking wardens and binmen, who are protesting over a reduction in wages of up to 5.5%. | It follows industrial action by the city council's parking wardens and binmen, who are protesting over a reduction in wages of up to 5.5%. |
| Conservative-led Southampton City Council said the cuts would protect 400 jobs and help make £25m of budget cuts. | Conservative-led Southampton City Council said the cuts would protect 400 jobs and help make £25m of budget cuts. |
| Hospital cleaners have also announced a week-long strike from Monday. | Hospital cleaners have also announced a week-long strike from Monday. |
| The Itchen Bridge remains open and managers will work there during peak times, although motorcycles are not being charged. | The Itchen Bridge remains open and managers will work there during peak times, although motorcycles are not being charged. |
| 'Fair settlement' | 'Fair settlement' |
| Binmen will start another week-long strike from Monday, with rubbish already piling up in parts of the city after collections were affected by a bank holiday in between times. | |
| Mike Tucker, from Unison, said industrial action would escalate until there was a "fair settlement". | Mike Tucker, from Unison, said industrial action would escalate until there was a "fair settlement". |
| "The council can end the dispute now by withdrawing its dismissal notices and putting forward new, fair proposals to meet the council's financial problems." | "The council can end the dispute now by withdrawing its dismissal notices and putting forward new, fair proposals to meet the council's financial problems." |
| In separate action, the unions claim Southampton General Hospital management had failed to pay cleaners agreed NHS rates, even though they received funding to do so by central government for the last five years. | In separate action, the unions claim Southampton General Hospital management had failed to pay cleaners agreed NHS rates, even though they received funding to do so by central government for the last five years. |
| The hospital trust said that was not true. | The hospital trust said that was not true. |