Coverage dated August 19, 2022 to August 20, 2022

Strike at biggest shipping port adds to UK industrial chaos

Headline from WFMZ Allentown, on the newest of 2 developments

The first day of a planned strike at Britain’s biggest container port has started. Almost 2,000 workers at the Port of Felixstowe walked off the job on Sunday over pay.

WFMZ Allentown's own description from its feed. We collect headlines and these descriptions, not full articles; read the original reporting below.

Developments in this update

2 dated developments, oldest first, newest marked. Each is named by one outlet's own headline; open its reports to see every outlet that covered it.

  1. Workers at UK's largest container port to join rail strikes

    Headline from KVIA El Paso ·

  2. Newest

    Strike at biggest shipping port adds to UK industrial chaos

    Headline from WFMZ Allentown ·

Reports & sources

18 articles, oldest first.

  1. KVIA El Paso

    Workers at UK's largest container port to join rail strikes (opens KVIA El Paso)

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    KVIA El Paso's feed description

    LONDON (AP) — Almost 2,000 workers at the U.K.’s biggest container port will launch an eight-day strike Sunday over a pay dispute. It’s the latest industrial action to hit the U.K. economy, which is struggling with high inflation and soaring prices for food and fuel.

  2. Valdosta Daily Times

    UK port workers join rail staff in strikes as prices soar (opens Valdosta Daily Times)

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    Valdosta Daily Times's feed description

    LONDON (AP) — Almost 2,000 workers at the U.K.'s biggest container port will launch an eight-day strike Sunday over a pay dispute, the latest industrial action to hit the U.K.

  3. Washington Times

    U.K. port workers join rail staff in strikes as prices soar (opens Washington Times)

    Published

    Washington Times's feed description

    Almost 2,000 workers at the U.K.’s biggest container port will launch an eight-day strike Sunday over a pay dispute, the latest industrial action to hit the U.K. economy.

  4. WFMZ Allentown

    Strike at biggest shipping port adds to UK industrial chaos (opens WFMZ Allentown)

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    WFMZ Allentown's feed description

    The first day of a planned strike at Britain’s biggest container port has started. Almost 2,000 workers at the Port of Felixstowe walked off the job on Sunday over pay.

  5. Deutsche Welle

    UK's biggest cargo port on strike amid cost-of-living woes | DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Deutsche Welle's feed description

    The Felixstowe Port in eastern England has gone on an 8-day strike after refusing a settlement from the operating company. It joins an assortment of other strikes in the UK.

  6. The Guardian

    Workers at UK’s biggest container port Felixstowe due to begin eight-day strike action (opens The Guardian)

    Published

    The Guardian's feed description

    Around 1,900 crane drivers, machine operators and stevedores will walk out in a dispute over pay

  7. France 24

    Dock workers at UK's biggest container port Felixstowe begin 8-day strike (opens France 24)

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    France 24's feed description

    More than 1,900 workers at Britain's biggest container port are due on Sunday to start eight days of strike action which their union and shipping companies warn could seriously affect trade and supply…

  8. Al Jazeera

    Workers begin strike at UK’s largest shipping container port (opens Al Jazeera)

    Published

    Al Jazeera's feed description

    The strike is the latest action by workers in an array of industries calling for higher pay amid sky-high inflation.

Identical headlines usually mean shared wire copy. They are counted as separate articles but are not independent confirmation.

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