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Felixstowe: Dock workers strike for first time in 30 years
(BBC News)
August 21, 2022
By Helen Burchell & Andre Rhoden-Paul
BBC News
Dock workers at the UK's largest container port have gone on strike for the first time in 30 years.
About 1,900 members of the Unite union at Felixstowe in Suffolk are walking out for eight days in a dispute over pay.
Unite said members rejected a 7% pay offer from the Felixstowe Dock and Railway Company, which it said was below the rate of inflation. ...... Read more on BBC News
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