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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Joanna Partridge

Liverpool dock workers to begin two-week strike after talks end in ‘chaos’

Dock workers and Unite members picketing
Dock workers and Unite members picket outside Liverpool docks on 12 October after rejecting a pay offer from Peel Ports. Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

Hundreds of dock workers at one of the UK’s largest container ports are beginning a fresh two-week strike in a dispute over pay, which could further disrupt the country’s supply chains.

Nearly 600 members of the Unite union at the Port of Liverpool, which is owned by Peel Ports, will strike again from Monday, after the union said talks designed to resolve the dispute ended “in chaos”.

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