Plans for eight-day strike at Felixstowe threaten UK supply chain

Dockers at Felixstowe are planning eight days of strike action over pay that could cause serious disruption to the UK’s largest container port.

Nearly 1,900 workers plan to stop work for more than a week at the Hong Kong-owned port, starting on Sunday 21 August and ending on Monday 29 August, according to the union Unite. The workers voted 92% in favour of strike action last week.

The union said the latest round of talks with the company at the conciliation service Acas had failed to yield a…