Workers strike again at UK's largest port Felixstowe, joining Liverpool unions, in dual threat to holiday shipments

Workers strike again at UK's largest port Felixstowe in threat to holiday shipments

The eight-day strike over wages and inflation overlaps the two-week strike at Port of Liverpool.

The combined value of weekly trade that moves out of the ports of Felixstowe and Liverpool, according to MDS Transmodal, is nearly $7 billion. And 30% of the traffic handled at the port of Liverpool comes from or is destined for the U.S. The strike comes after the British government announced Friday it would tighten rules on strikes. In response, 11 unions including Unite, whose members are striking at the ports of Liverpool and Felixstowe, are seeking legal review of the government's strike-breaking laws."We will strike again and again and again until our wages match inflation," Morton said in a recent phone conversation with CNBC.

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