{"id":5416,"date":"2022-08-23T13:32:18","date_gmt":"2022-08-23T13:32:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/axxessintl.com\/?p=5416"},"modified":"2022-08-23T13:32:18","modified_gmt":"2022-08-23T13:32:18","slug":"uks-liverpool-port-could-grind-to-a-halt-after-workers-vote-to-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/axxessintl.com\/en\/uks-liverpool-port-could-grind-to-a-halt-after-workers-vote-to-strike\/","title":{"rendered":"UK\u2019s Liverpool Port Could \u2018Grind to a Halt\u2019 After Workers Vote to Strike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>More than 500 port workers at the Port of Liverpool are set to strike, bringing another one of the UK\u2019s busiest ports \u2018grinding to a halt,\u2019 the Unite trade union announced Monday.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The strike, the timing and duration of which have not yet been determined, comes after workers at Peel Ports-owned Mersey Docks and Harbour Company (MDHC) voted overwhelmingly in favour of the strike in response to an \u201cinadequate\u201d 7% pay raise offer.<\/p>\n<p>Maintenance engineers at MDHC could also vote to strike over the same pay offer, with an industrial ballot open starting today until August 24.<\/p>\n<p>Strikes by either group of workers will have a severe impact on both shipping and road transport in Liverpool and the surrounding areas, Unite said.<\/p>\n<p>This comes after more than 1,900 workers at the Port of Felixstowe, the UK\u2019s busiest container port, are set to strike for eight days\u00a0later this month after failing to reach a pay deal with Felixstowe Dock and Railway Company, a unit of CK Hutchison Holdings.<\/p>\n<p>Read more in an <a href=\"https:\/\/ciffa.apms5.com\/anywhere\/m?s=ciffa&amp;m=s_155a581c-af37-4623-9e62-0b8a93284cf9&amp;u=e1jq4wvfdtfkjca364tkeh235mum4e1j5mu32h1n5n0kggj65mvkjdhp652k0g9r8cum8&amp;r2=d1u78w3k78qjytv3c5r78rb9drq66vvd5xuppwtddhmqctbje1qpyv1de1qq4x1dcdqqav345nkq4ubecgpq8vtdc4ppgrbcegpp2tkmcnt2uxvfe9npawkk5nv6yx355nu6ybbkeht6juv55wzqax3dbxhp2vbgc5mpevhxcn17av3ccnu6jvjz68t30e1h6wk7ax3dbxppat39enpkutbdc5mpr9knehpnywvfent66t9xc5uq8vvgd5p6yx0&amp;n=9\">article from gCaptain<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than 500 port workers at the Port of Liverpool are set to strike, bringing another one of the UK\u2019s busiest ports \u2018grinding to a halt,\u2019 the Unite trade union announced Monday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":3321,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[477],"types-de-nouvelles":[],"class_list":["post-5416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-freight-news","tag-port-of-liverpool-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/axxessintl.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5416","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/axxessintl.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/axxessintl.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/axxessintl.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/axxessintl.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5416"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/axxessintl.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5416\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5417,"href":"https:\/\/axxessintl.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5416\/revisions\/5417"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/axxessintl.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/axxessintl.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/axxessintl.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/axxessintl.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5416"},{"taxonomy":"types-de-nouvelles","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/axxessintl.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types-de-nouvelles?post=5416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}