Liverpool strike to go ahead
NewsA two-week strike will go ahead from 19 September at 06.00h. Unite the Union says it cannot accept Peel Ports’ offer of 7%, while Peel Por...
Felixstowe strike update
NewsPressure is growing on both sides to settle this damaging dispute, as shippers worry about further action when the "peak" season is underway...
Impending Felixstowe strike poses big challenge to supply chains
NewsThe impending strike at the UK’s biggest container port (more than 40% of national traffic) is expected to cause considerable disruption a...
Felixstowe dockers’ strike on the cards in August
NewsFelixstowe, the UK’s largest container port, is set to “come to a standstill next month,” says trade union Unite, after members overwh...
Scottish blast for hauliers
NewsScotland’s First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, MSP has blasted truck felt operators for sending drivers out on deliveries when Met Office amb...
Union protest at Liverpool
NewsDock workers and lorry drivers are set to stage a protest over "the lack of facilities at the port of Liverpool" on Friday, 13th January 201...
Argos drivers’ outsourcing row
NewsUnite, the United Kingdom’s largest trade union, is opposing moves by catalogue retailer Argos to transfer the last of its in-house driver...
Grangemouth – parties agree to talk
NewsThe Unite union and Forth Ports will meet ACAS to discuss the new shift pattern, so the damaging strike and overtime ban will be suspended f...
North Continent dockers unite
NewsDockers’ trade unions encompassing all major North Sea ports are to set up the North Range Port Unions’ Coordination Board...
Union slams Dover privatisation plans
NewsBritain’s largest trade union, Unite, has thrown down the gauntlet over the Dover Harbour Board (DHB)’s plans to privatise the Port of D...