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Sheerness docks strike end after workers defeat ‘fire and rehire’ threat
A view of empty spaces at a new car compound on the quayside in Sheerness, Kent, as supply chain issues across the world continue to affect businesses on January 6, 2022
UNITE claimed victory today after bosses backed down over threats to fire and rehire striking dock workers in Kent.
Further industrial action by the staff at Sheerness who are employed by car importers GB Terminals has now been called off after four days of walkouts in January.
More than 30 workers who process Volkswagen Group vehicles at the dock would have been affected by management plans to change minimum overtime hours by forcing new contracts on them, Unite had warned.
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