More than 560 dock workers and maintenance engineers at the Port of Liverpool, one of the UK’s largest container ports, walked off their work vessels at the port from September 19 to October 3 over pay and working conditions.
The dock workers voted in favor of a strike during the month of August, after they were offered a 7% wage increase fromMDHC Container ServicesSome of-Peel Ports, the UK’s second largest port group. from the labor union Unite (UNITE) stated that the offer is insufficient and is far below the current real inflation rate, which is estimated to reach 13% this year.
The workers claim that they also sat down because of the company’s failure MDHC to respect the salary agreement made with them for the year 2021. According to them, the company did not perform a salary review that was promised to the employees – a review that took place for the last time in 1995, and failure to comply with the agreement to improve the shift rotation.
The strike is expected to create severe disruptions to both shipping and land transport on the roads in Liverpool and the surrounding areas. This is what the Unite trade union warned, adding that additional strikes should be scheduled in the coming weeks if MDHC Will not make an offer acceptable to the employees.
The planned Liverpool strike follows an eight-day walkout by 1,900 Unite members at the port of Felixstowe, Britain’s largest container port, last month.