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29/11/2021
Foyle Port Workers Take Strike Action In Pay Dispute
Some staff at L'Derry's Foyle Port have begun strike action is a dispute over a rejected demand for a 2.1% pay rise this year, following a pay freeze.
Unite, the trade union representing the striking workers has warned that the action could "significantly affect port operations".
It is understood that the Port and Unite have been going back and forward in a dispute over pay, with the union claiming that "almost every worker at the port and their families were struggling to make ends meet and now face a second year of poverty pay".
According to reports, up to 30 Unite members manned a picket line at the Port on Monday morning.
Image: Unite The Union Twitter: "Regional Secretary Jackie Pollock at the picket line with the striking dock workers this morning at Foyle Port"
Unite, the trade union representing the striking workers has warned that the action could "significantly affect port operations".
It is understood that the Port and Unite have been going back and forward in a dispute over pay, with the union claiming that "almost every worker at the port and their families were struggling to make ends meet and now face a second year of poverty pay".
According to reports, up to 30 Unite members manned a picket line at the Port on Monday morning.
Image: Unite The Union Twitter: "Regional Secretary Jackie Pollock at the picket line with the striking dock workers this morning at Foyle Port"
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