Felixstowe port workers set for second strike in pay dispute

Eight-day action threatens fresh disruption to UK supply chains as retailers stock up before Christmas

A new eight-day strike looms over pay at the UK's largest container port, Felixstowe, threatening further disruption to imports as retailers stock up before Christmas.

The Unite union has announced that the strike will begin at 7am on 27 September, and run until 6.59am on 5 October, after port workers rejected a 7% pay deal offered by management. It threatens to cause fresh disruption to UK supply chains after the shocks of Brexit and the Covid pandemic.