News / Felixstowe Port pay dispute turns bitter as second strike by dockers looms

Finance director Simon Mullett filming and CEO Clemence Cheng talking to strikers on 21 August.

Claim and counter-claim are being thrown around in the Felixstowe pay dispute, ahead of next week’s second strike.

Felixstowe CEO Clemence Cheng is accusing the union of intimidating staff that want to work, while the union countered that staff at the port had filmed pickets.

In what is turning into a bitter dispute, Mr Cheng wrote to staff on 14 September urging them to “think carefully about what you personally hope to achieve by going on strike” adding, “think of your future, ...