Liverpool port workers on strike


More than 560 port operatives and maintenance engineers employed by Mersey Docks and Harbour Company (MDHC) at the Port of Liverpool began a fortnight-long strike this week, over what their union, Unite, describes as an 8.3% pay offer.


Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said: “MDHC can well afford to pay its workers a decent pay rise and must do so. It also needs to honour the 2021 pay agreement it made with the workforce. Our MDHC members are being asked to accept attacks on their living standards while the company gets richer and richer.”


According to Unite, MDHC, which is owned by Peel Group, made more than £30 million in profits in 2021. The group’s majority owner is John Whittaker, who is reportedly worth more than £1.4 billion, while Australian investment fund Australian Super is the second largest investor.


https://www.unitetheunion.org/news-events/news/2022/september/unite-leader-sharon-graham-to-visit-liverpool-port-picket-line-tomorrow