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 latest outbreak of industrial action to hit a growing number of sectors of the economy. Workers including crane drivers, machine operators and stevedores are taking action after voting by more than 9-1 in favour of strikes.
The union said the stoppage will have a big impact on the port, which handles around four million containers a year from 2,000 ships.
