The work stoppage of Felix Stowe is imminent, and the Liverpool dockers' voting strike may bring their transport capacity to a standstill

Liverpool, Britain's second port, may come to a standstill after dockers voted to strike. The stevedores in Felix Stowe are expected to start an eight day strike on August 21.

The stevedores in Liverpool and Felixto are members of the United Trade Union, and the votes of the port engineers are also in progress and will end on August 24.

Unite said: "More than 500 port operators will go on strike due to 7% underpayment", calling it "actual salary reduction".

In the vote of trade union members in Liverpool, 99% voted for the strike, with a voting rate of 88%.

Mersey Wharf and Harbour, a subsidiary of Peel Ports, which operates Liverpool Port, made a profit of 30 million pounds (US $36.23 million) last year.

Sharon Graham, secretary-general of Unite, said: "What happened in MDHC is another example of workers in this country being fed up with it. Once again, a profitable company controlled by billionaires refused to raise salaries for their employees' living costs.

"Our MDHC members have received the full support and support of Unite in these strikes to achieve a fair wage increase."

The major shareholder of Peel Ports is the British tycoon John Whittaker. Unite claims that he has accumulated a wealth of 1.4 billion pounds and, like his company, is headquartered in the Isle of Man. The trade union said that Australian Super, an investment fund, was the second largest investor of the group.

Mitchell, director of Liverpool Container Port of Pier Port Group, said: "We fully understand our colleagues' concern about the rising cost of living. The 7% we provided was based on the 4.5% increase last year, including other improvements in shift, sick pay and pension, which further supplemented the industry-leading compensation awards in the past decade."

He added, "In the past 12 months, we have recruited 150 additional employees for Liverpool's container business and made a lot of investment in training and security. Now the income of the port operators at Pier Port is about 20% higher than the average level in the downtown area of Liverpool."

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