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Day care centre and library hit by strikes
11:06am Thursday 17th July 2008
One library has shut and day centre services have been reduced by the two-day council staff strike in Richmond.
A Richmond Council spokesman said that the industrial action, which began yesterday, has closed one of the borough's libraries but caused "no major disruptions".
"Other front line services are operating as normal with all schools open and waste and recycling collections running as usual," he said.
"There has been a reduced service for some day care centre users following action by employees from transport services and a number of support staff.
"However, no day centres have closed and our most vulnerable service users continue to receive support," he added.
"We hope that any disruption to residents will continue to be minimal and that the dispute will be settled quickly."
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