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Supply chain ‘will be severely disrupted’ by Felixstowe port strike, union warns

A union official says “the supply chain will be severely disrupted” by an eight-day strike at the UK’s biggest container port. Unite national officer Robert Morton also warned there “will be more strikes” if his members’ pay demands are not met, as ...

22 Aug 2022 at 11:37

Fresh strike for workers at UK’s largest container port

Workers at the UK’s largest container port will stage a fresh strike from Tuesday in a long-running dispute over pay. Around 1,900 members of Unite at Felixstowe will walk out at 7am until October 5 following an eight-day stoppage last month. ...

27 Sept 2022 at 01:01

Workers begin second eight-day strike at Port of Felixstowe

Workers have begun a second eight-day strike at the UK’s largest container port but have scaled back their presence on the picket line to focus on shift changeover times. Around 1,900 members of Unite at Felixstowe walked out at 7am on ...

27 Sept 2022 at 16:18

Port of Felixstowe workers to strike for eight days over pay dispute

Workers at the port of Felixstowe are to strike for eight days later this month in a dispute over pay. Members of Unite will walk out on August 21 after talks at the conciliation service Acas failed to resolve the row. Unite said more ...

05 Aug 2022 at 20:22

Eight days of strike action commences at UK’s biggest port

The first of an eight-day workers strike at the UK’s biggest container port begins on Sunday. Around 1,900 members of Unite at Felixstowe will walk out in a dispute over pay in the first strike to hit the port since 1989. It is the ...

21 Aug 2022 at 14:29

Felixstowe port receives notice of second strike in dispute over pay

The port of Felixstowe says it has received notice from the Unite trade union of a second eight-day strike later this month in a dispute over pay. More than 1,900 workers at Felixstowe, the country’s biggest container port, walked ...

13 Sept 2022 at 07:40

Strike at port will escalate unless improved pay offer is made, vows union boss

A strike at Britain’s largest container port will escalate unless workers are given an improved pay offer, a trade union boss said as she signalled that disruption could continue until Christmas. Sharon Graham, general secretary ...

24 Aug 2022 at 14:54

Christmas shoppers face reduced choice if port strike escalates, warn experts

Shoppers may not be able to get the Christmas goods they want if disruption at the Port of Felixstowe rumbles on into next month, supply chain experts have warned. Sharon Graham, general secretary of the Unite trade union, said ...

24 Aug 2022 at 17:46

Felixstowe dockers ‘relying on food banks’ as port strike reaches second day

Dockers striking at Britain’s largest container port have said they are relying on food banks and struggling to make mortgage payments as the cost-of-living crisis intensifies. Almost 2,000 workers walked out from the site in ...

22 Aug 2022 at 20:14

Starmer should be ‘more upfront’ in supporting striking workers, says union boss

A trade union boss has suggested Sir Keir Starmer is “embarrassed” to stick up for workers as dockers at Britain’s largest container port strike for the first time in 30 years. Unite general secretary Sharon Graham told ...

23 Aug 2022 at 11:53

Steve Wright charged with 1999 murder of 17-year-old Victoria Hall

Police have charged Steve Wright with the kidnap and murder of 17-year-old Victoria Hall, who went missing on her way home from a nightclub in Felixstowe in 1999. Suffolk Police said the 66-year-old, formerly of London ...

22 May 2024 at 16:16

One of the biggest cargo ships in the world docks at UK port

The world’s joint-largest cargo ship has docked at Britain’s biggest and busiest container port. The 400-metre long MSC Loreto is capable of holding 24,346 standard containers, the most that any ship can currently ...

01 May 2024 at 13:44

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