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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Julia Kollewe

Felixstowe port workers set for second strike in pay dispute

Felixstowe port
Felixstowe handles almost half the container freight that enters the UK. Photograph: Joe Giddens/PA

A new eight-day strike looms over pay at the UK’s largest container port, Felixstowe, threatening further disruption to imports as retailers stock up before Christmas.

The Unite union has announced the strike will begin at 7am on 27 September, and run until 6.59am on 5 October, after port workers rejected a 7% pay deal offered by management. It threatens to cause fresh disruption to UK supply chains after the shocks of Brexit and the Covid pandemic.

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