Workers at UK’s biggest container port Felixstowe due to begin eight-day strike action

The first of an eight-day strike at the UK’s biggest container port begins on Sunday, in the first strike to hit the port since 1989.

Around 1,900 members of Unite at Felixstowe will walk out in a dispute over pay. It is the latest outbreak of industrial action to hit a growing number of sectors of the economy.

Workers including crane drivers, machine operators and stevedores are taking action after voting by more than 9-1 in favour of…