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Dock workers at Felixstowe are striking again over wages and inflation, overlapping a Port of Liverpool strike as holiday shipping season picks up.

Dock workers at Felixstowe are striking again over wages and inflation, overlapping a Port of Liverpool strike as holiday shipping season picks up.

Dockworkers (pictured) at the Port of Felixstowe began their second eight-day strike today as workers in Liverpool also began a second week of strikes - as port bosses warned unions.

The strikes started on September 19 when more than 560 port operatives and maintenance engineers employed by Mersey Docks and Harbour Company (MDHC) in Liverpool launched a two-week walk-out after they had rejected a 8.3 per cent pay rise offer and are demanding 20 per cent.

Roundup: Strikes at major UK ports threaten further supply chain-

LONDON, Sept. 21 (Xinhua) -- Further walkouts are scheduled for late September at some of the United Kingdom (UK) main container ports over pay disputes, and th

Roundup: Strikes at major UK ports threaten further supply chain-

Disruption to the UK supply chain is inevitable as a strike gets underway at the Port of Liverpool and workers prepare similar action at the Port of Felixstowe.

The Peel Ports Group, which operates the port, said workers had dismissed the 8.3 per cent pay rise, enhanced with a one-off payment of £750.

Peel Ports says Unite rejected a "significant" package but the union says it was a real-terms pay cut.