Sea strike
16th July 1983, Page 5
16th July 1983
Page 5
Page 5, 16th July 1983
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FELIXSTOWE services to Zeebrugge, Europort and Northern Ireland are still out of action folowing strike action by 740 seamen.
The six vessels out of action are ro-ro and container ships. A Port of Felixstowe spokesman told CM that some of the freight traffic was using other services, but on the Felixstowe-Rotterdam service in particular a lot of traffic was being lost.
The strike, over a company pay offer of 2.5 per cent backdated to January this year against the seamen's demands for a five per cent backdated to July 5, is set to continue for some time, as no meetings between management and seamen have yet been agreed.