SOUTHAMPTON is facing its first docks strike for decades after crunch pay talks between dock workers and the port owner collapsed.
The Transport and General Workers' Union is now asking members in the city and across the country if they want to walk out over the latest pay offer.
A spokesman claimed workers were "running out of patience" with the protracted negotiations.
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