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LATEST NEWS & EVENTS Unite members at Southampton City Council vote for strikes  After seeking redundancy employment law advice, Unite employees at Southampton City Council have voted to take strike action against the decision to dismiss its 4,300 staff and then re-employ them on inferior employment conditions. The council, which has issued 90-day dismissal notices, wants to re-engage them with an average five per cent pay cut across the board and a two-year freeze on pay increments and cost-of-living rises. Unite described the issue as "a very damaging dispute" for Southampton's citizens. The union's convenor at the city council, Mark Wood, said it has received "a strong mandate" from members for industrial action. He added that Unite wants to avoid a potentially damaging dispute and suggested the door is still open for the parties to use mediation services to agree a deal. "We appreciate that the city faces tough financial times, but our members also face soaring household and utility bills and a huge hit to their pay packets," he said. It comes as the government plans to review rules governing collective redundancies as part of efforts to simplify employment law. Posted by Paul Stevens 
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