Hundreds of dockworkers in Liverpool are to vote on whether to strike in a dispute over pay and conditions.
Unite said more than 500 of its members employed at MDHC Container Services, which is part of Peel Ports, are to be balloted from Monday, July 25, to Monday, August 15. If the employees back the industrial action, stoppages could begin at the end of August.
Unite has said the dispute is a result of MDHC "failing to make a decent pay increase", adding that the final offer of 7% is "far below" the current real inflation rate (RPI) of 11.7%.
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