Liverpool dockworkers announce third round of strike

Nearly 600 dockworkers have voted for a two-week strike action from 24 October as the impasse over pay hikes continues.

PHOTO: View of Liverpool docks on the river Mersey in Liverpool, UK. Getty Images

This follows a two-week strike between 19 September and 2 October, and a week-long stike between 11-17 October.

More strike action in one of the UK's biggest container ports has raised concerns over cargo and vessel movement, sources say.

Unite, a union representing Liverpool dockworkers, has said that port workers have been subject to job threats since they began the first round of strike on 19 September.

Workers are unhappy with the 8.3% pay hike offered by the Peel Ports group, which owns and manages the Port of Liverpool, Unite says. They and have rejected the offer, saying it is significantly below the current inflation rate.

The dispute worsened last week after the company issued redundancy notices to 132 workers, according to Unite.

By Shilpa Sharma

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