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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Wesley Holmes

Union boss says Port of Liverpool job loss plan 'a cynical attempt to intimidate workers'

Job loss plans at the Port of Liverpool have been slammed by a union boss.

Peel Ports bosses have decided to restructure the company's containers division, and will next week start a redundancy consultation process following a decline in the volume of containers handled by the port.

The announcement comes as some 600 employees of the Mersey Docks and Harbour Company, which Peel Ports oversees, plan a second round of strike action over an 8.3% pay offer and an alleged failure to deliver agreed improvements to shift rotas.

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