good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. dockers at britain s largest container port, felixstowe, have gone on strike for the first time in three decades. it is the first of eight. almost 2,000 workers are taking part in the eight day action after rejecting a 7% pay offer. there are warnings that the strike will cause disruption to supply chains for shops and other retailers half of britain s container trade goes through the port in suffolk. the government says supply chains are resilient. here s our business correspondent marc ashdown. the summer of strikes has reached felixstowe docks. these workers would normally be making sure essential goods find their way to households, but today, 1,900 members of the unite union are starting an eight day walk out. people are so angry now that a company who made £240 million profit over the last two years are unwilling to share that. well, when i say share it, unwilling to share it, in 2020, the same company paid out £99 million in
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