{"id":1141,"date":"2022-09-14T09:19:01","date_gmt":"2022-09-14T01:19:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/liverpool-port-strike-goes-ahead-as-parties-fail-to-reach-agreement\/"},"modified":"2022-09-14T09:19:01","modified_gmt":"2022-09-14T01:19:01","slug":"liverpool-port-strike-goes-ahead-as-parties-fail-to-reach-agreement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/liverpool-port-strike-goes-ahead-as-parties-fail-to-reach-agreement\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool port strike goes ahead as parties fail to reach agreement"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dockworkers at the Port of Liverpool have rejected the employer\u2019s <\/p>\n

latest pay offer, confirming a two-week long strike threatening more disruptions <\/p>\n

across the UK supply chain.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Liverpool<\/strong><\/p>\n

As reported by Bloomberg, a unanimous vote took place on 12 September.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Port operatives and the engineering department have turned down Peel Ports <\/p>\n

Ltd.\u2019s proposal of a 7 per cent wage increase and a one-time payment of \u00a3750 <\/p>\n

($875).<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

The walkout will take place between 6:00 am Monday 19 September and 6:00 am <\/p>\n

Monday 3 October.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Workers at MDHC container services at Peel Ports voted in August in favour <\/p>\n

of the strike. In a ballot with an 88 per cent turnout, 99 per cent voted for <\/p>\n

strike action.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Liverpool\u2019s dockworkers have been fighting for pay increase amid soaring <\/p>\n

inflation, which has raised above 10 per cent.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Businesses are preparing for disruption resulting from industrial action. <\/p>\n

The Irish Exporters Association has warned customers of potential impacts on <\/p>\n

export volume and supply chain.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Just recently, the Port of Felixstowe received notice from Unite the union <\/p>\n

of further strike action, which is to take place at the same time of that at <\/p>\n

Liverpool.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

The news has raised major concerns as the simultaneous industrial actions <\/p>\n

threaten to staunch the flow of more than half of the UK\u2019s container exports and <\/p>\n

imports.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

The uptick in congestion following strike action at the UK\u2019s Port of <\/p>\n

Felixstowe has already signalled worrying signs for Liverpool.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Analysis from VesselsValue suggests that UK shippers should adjust their <\/p>\n

logistics plans for the two-week industrial action taking place at the Port of <\/p>\n

Liverpool.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Over 1,900 members of the Unite union have already gone on strike at the <\/p>\n

Port of Felixstowe between 21 August until 29 August in a dispute about a pay <\/p>\n

increase.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

In the latest round of collective bargaining, Unite the union \u2013 <\/p>\n

representing staff at the port \u2013 rejected the port\u2019s management offer after it <\/p>\n

refused to improve its pay offer and announced it was imposing a pay deal of 7 <\/p>\n

per cent on the workforce instead.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dockworkers at the Port of Liverpool have rejected the employer\u2019s latest pay offer, confirming a two-week long strike threatening more disruptions across the UK supply chain.As reported by Bloomberg, a unanimous vote took place on 12 September.Port operatives and the engineering department have t…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"hj_lang":[3],"class_list":["post-1141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1141"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1141\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1141"},{"taxonomy":"hj_lang","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hj_lang?post=1141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}