News / Resolute Liverpool dockers will begin two-week strike on 19 September

Port of Liverpool

Dockworkers at the port of Liverpool are set to walk out on 19 September for two weeks of industrial action after rejecting the management’s proposals over the latest contract renewal.

Port owner Peel Group had upped its offer from 7% to 8.3%, but with inflation now above 12% and forecast to reach 18% within the year, Liverpool’s 560 port operatives and maintenance engineers claim it is effectively a pay cut.

Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said: “[Liverpool] is controlled by a tax-exiled ...