🔴 Strike by workers at UK’s biggest container port to trigger widespread supply chain disruption The Unite union has said Felixstowe docks and its parent company have enjoyed “massive profits” while failing to pay workers a “fair day’s pay”
Maersk, one of the world’s largest container shipping groups, has already diverted three ships to alternative ports in Europe as a result of industrial action at Felixstowe this week.James Hookham, director of Global Shippers Forum, said a prolonged strike “has the potential to disrupt the UK’s consumer supply chains at a critical period”.
Mr Hookham warned that industrial action at Felixstowe could spark shortages and see prices for essential goods rise further during the cost of living crisis. The strike is unlikely to affect food supplies directly but could cause a knock-on squeeze on alternative supply chains. A spokesperson for Logistics UK said: “At this stage we haven’t got any grave concerns… If [the strike] goes on for longer than eight days then those using the port will be looking at alternative routes, but at the moment there is plenty of stock in the supply chain.”voted by more than nine to one earlier this monthWorkers have been offered a 7 per cent pay rise plus a one-off payment of £500, which represents an increase of between 8.1 and 9.6 per cent depending on seniority.
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