News / Port of Liverpool community braces for second dockworker strike

Liverpool dockworkers are to stage a second walkout, from 11-17 October, after negotiations with the Peel Ports-operated terminal failed.

The Unite union announced the next strike with five days left of the current industrial action, saying an offer of an 8.3% pay rise and one-off £750 payment fell well short of the present 12.3% rate of inflation, which is forecast to continue rising.

However, One forwarder seemed unphased by the news and told The Loadstar the strikes at Liverpool and Felixstowe had ...