The eight-day stoppage at Britain’s largest container port could have a damaging impact on supply chains
Workers at the Port of Felixstowe, which handles 48% of container trade, began an eight-day strike over pay at the weekend, threatening to add more disruption to the British economy after the shocks of Brexit and Covid pandemic.
It is the first such action at Britain’s biggest container port since 1989, and on Monday a spokesperson for the union behind it claimed “the supply chain will be severely disrupted” as a result. Unite national officer Robert Morton told Sky News there “will be more strikes” if his members’ pay demands are not met.
