Port of Felixstowe receives notice of further strike action
Further strike action is scheduled before the end of the month.
Last updated 13th Sep 2022
Further strike action is set to take place at the Port of Felixstowe before the end of September.
The Unite trade union had informed of a second eight-day strike scheduled to begin later this month in a dispute over pay.
Nearly 2,000 workers at Felixstowe, walked out last month during an eight day period in the first strike to hit the port since 1989.
In a statement on its website, the port of Felixstowe said it had received notice from Unite of further strike action from September 27 to October 5.
"We are very disappointed that Unite has announced this further strike action at this time," the statement said.
"The collective bargaining process has been exhausted and there is no prospect of agreement being reached with the union.
"The port is in the process of implementing the 2022 pay award of 7% plus £500 which is backdated to 1 January 2022."