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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Ben Turner

Unions threaten to cripple Britain's largest port in fight for decent pay offer

Unions are threatening to cripple Britain’s largest port with the help of dockers around the globe.

Felixstowe is already reeling from a week-long strike with 1,900 workers demanding a 12% rise.

But now a union national officer claims workers in the US, Europe and Australia are set to help the strikers by refusing to load and unload ships from the Suffolk port if its owners do not agree to wage demands by Tuesday.

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