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Will new round of talks prevent strike at key UK seafood port?

While corporate earnings defy gravity, soaring inflation is fueling a cost of living crisis among seafarers and shipyard and dock workers.

Port workers demonstrate under the slogan ‘stop the inflation monster’ in Hamburg, as the ver.di union calls for a 24-hour strike mirroring actions by their counterparts in the UK and elsewhere.
Port workers demonstrate under the slogan ‘stop the inflation monster’ in Hamburg, as the ver.di union calls for a 24-hour strike mirroring actions by their counterparts in the UK and elsewhere.Photo: Scanpix
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Published 3 August 2022, 19:53Updated 3 August 2022, 19:53