Daily Echo | Southampton City Council Strikes | Complete archive of the 2011 council strikes

Council billed for ‘80 taxis a day’ in mileage rate row

Council workers in a previous march against looming pay cuts

11:25am Monday 6th June 2011

THE cost of industrial action at Southampton City Council is mounting as workers ditch their own cars for taxis.

Anger as council leader takes holiday during strike

2:45pm Friday 3rd June 2011

A NATIONAL union boss has accused the city’s council leader of putting his holiday before “the decent people in Southampton”.

Rubbish mountains grow across city as strike hits

7:10pm Thursday 2nd June 2011

Southampton’S bin men may be back at work after their five-day strike, but black bags are still piling up all over the city.

Strikes could cost council 'millions of pounds'

11:22am Thursday 2nd June 2011

A strike by council workers, including traffic wardens and toll collectors, could end up costing a local authority millions of pounds, a union leader warned today.

City drivers 'still paying for parking' despite strike

4:57pm Wednesday 1st June 2011

FOUR out of five drivers paid up to park in Southampton despite the city’s traffic wardens going on strike.

Wardens to extend strike by another week

1:49pm Tuesday 31st May 2011

TRAFFIC wardens in Southampton are to strike for an extra week.

Traffic wardens begin strike

7:30am Tuesday 31st May 2011

TRAFFIC wardens in Southampton are today starting a seven-day strike in a row over pay.

Rubbish piles up after bin strikes

4:00pm Sunday 29th May 2011

ROTTING rubbish is piling up around Southampton after a week-long strike by binmen.

Traffic warden strike to cost city £100,000

5:01pm Saturday 28th May 2011

CITY bosses have revealed that next week’s traffic warden strike will cost the council nearly £100,000.

No parking free-for-all as wardens strike

9:58am Wednesday 25th May 2011

COUNCIL chiefs have warned motorists they should pay to park when traffic wardens in Southampton strike for seven days next week.

Parking wardens to go on strike in Southampton

4:28pm Tuesday 24th May 2011

PARKING wardens in Southampton are to strike for seven days next week.

Council chiefs to meet union leaders at ACAS

10:36am Tuesday 24th May 2011

COUNCIL chiefs will meet union leaders for talks at the mediation service ACAS in a bid to break a series of potentially crippling strikes in Southampton, the Daily Echo learned last night.

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Council binmen go on strike

6:05am Monday 23rd May 2011

UNIONS last night launched a stinging attack on Tory council leaders in Southampton as thousands of workers begin indefinite industrial action today.

Binmen to walk out in first of the strikes

10:30am Saturday 21st May 2011

UNIONS leaders are preparing to unleash indefinite industrial action in Southampton next week with binmen due to march out on a week-long strike on Monday.

Strike sparks fears of disease

10:56am Wednesday 18th May 2011

PEST control and health experts have warned that rats, foxes, cockroaches and flies could infest Southampton’s streets when bin strikes start next week.

Walkout will be 'most severe' in city’s memory

2:27pm Tuesday 17th May 2011

BINS will start overflowing in Southampton streets next week after unions warned they were launching strike action in a festering dispute over pay.

Council staff announce strike action

5:01pm Monday 16th May 2011

UNION members at Southampton City Council have announced they will begin indefinite industrial action this month.

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