U.K. Port of Felixstowe workers threaten late-August strike

Written By Jennifer Joslyn

🪧 The Port of Felixstowe in the United Kingdom is likely to set to be closed due to union workers striking at the facility towards the end of August. The U.K.’s largest union, Unite, represents 1,800 dockworkers at the port who have advised they will be protesting from August 21st through the 29th. The pro-strike union vote, won with 92% of the 80% turnout, resulted after a lack of progress made with arbitration between the workers and the Felixstowe Dock and Railway Company. Felixstowe Dock and Railway Company offered a 5% pay increase to the workers, however, the union officials claim that a pay increase of this size would be useless as the U.K.’s real rate of inflation currently sits at over 11%.

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