Union Boss Threatens to Escalate Strike Action at UK’s Biggest Container Port

Union Boss Threatens to Escalate Strike Action at UK’s Biggest Container Port
Unite General Secretary Sharon Graham speaks to her members on a picket line at one of the entrances to the Port of Felixstowe in Suffolk, England, on Aug. 24, 2022. PA Media/Joe Giddens
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The ongoing strike at Britain’s largest container port will escalate unless workers are given an improved pay offer, a trade union boss has said.

Almost 2,000 workers at the Felixstowe port who are members of the Unite union started an eight-day strike on Aug. 21 after the union rejected an offer of a 7 percent raise, as well as a single payment of £500 ($592).