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Kwai Tsing dock workers strike

Kwai Tsing dock workers strike
On March 28, 2013, dock workers at Kwai Tsing took industrial action seeking a 17 per cent pay rise. The port is operated by Hongkong International Terminals (HIT).
last updated:
9 September, 2024
Dock workers went on strike for 40 days in 2013. Photo: SCMP
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Hongkong International Terminals dockers offered 10pc pay rise

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The city's largest port operator announced it would guarantee all dockers hired by subcontractors would get a pay rise higher than the inflation rate in the wake of last year's strike.

A crane operator shows off an updated operating cabin at Hongkong International Terminals' Kwai Fong port. Photo: K.Y. Cheng

Sacked dockers cry foul over 'unfair' dismissal

Three dockers have been laid off unfairly after they took part in a 40-day strike at the Kwai Tsing Container Terminals, the Union of Hong Kong Dockers claims.

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April cargo decline points to 'structural problem'

The 12 per cent slide in Hong Kong's container throughput last month underpinned a structural problem exacerbated by a strike at one of the terminals last month, a port operator said.

The strike at the Kwai Chung terminals contributed to the 12 per cent drop in last month's container throughput. Photo: K.Y. Cheng

Kwai Tsing port business suffers 'huge' 11pc drop from dockers' strike

New kid on the dock Stanley Ho makes strike history

Before March 28, few outside the shipyards of Hong Kong had heard of Stanley Ho Wai-hong. Then the dockers walked out. It was to become one of the longest strikes in the city's history, and Stanley Ho was at its helm.

Dockers to return to work amid post-strike dispute

The first batch of more than 300 dockers who were on strike will report back to work today, but arrangements for the remaining 108 have still to be settled.

A small group of dockers continue to camp outside the Cheung Kong Center yesterday. Photo: Sam Tsang

40 days on, dockers reflect on fight for dignity

Before March 28, they were just a bunch of contract dockers at the Kwai Tsing Container Terminals who were dissatisfied with their wages and conditions but had never made their voices heard. That day they told themselves they had had enough and walked out on strike - not realising the industrial action would last for 40 days.

A small group still camps out at the Cheung Kong Center in Central yesterday. Photo: David Wong

Everyone a loser after Hong Kong dock strike ends

No one emerged as a winner from the 40-day dockers strike, with the workers failing to get the raise they demanded and the port operator involved suffering a tarnished image, analysts said.

Striking dockers, unionists won't be removed - yet

The decision came just hours before the Kwai Tsing port workers accepted a 9.8 per cent pay rise offered by four dock contractors and announced an end to their 40-day walkout.

Strike ends after 40 days as dockers accept 9.8pc pay rise

The deadlock was broken when four contractors pledged to write the increase into their contracts and to improve conditions, one of the strike leaders said. Just two days ago, the strikers voted unanimously against a 9.8 per cent rise, insisting on a "double digit" increase. The salary rise will be backdated to May 1.

Hundreds of striking dock workers vote in favour of accepting the pay offer at a meeting in Wan Chai yesterday. Photo: David Wong

Most dockers in favour of pay offer, says union

Some 66 per cent of the nearly 200 dockers polled in the past two days back the 9.8 per cent offer, which was made on Friday night, the Federation of Hong Kong and Kowloon Labour Unions said.

Strikers are making their presence felt in Central. Photo: Dickson Lee

Hong Kong dockers reject 9.8pc pay rise offer as Dutch arrive to show support

Leaders of the strike at the Kwai Tsing container terminals, now the longest in Hong Kong industrial relations history, said the offer - made on Friday - fell short of the double-digit pay rise they wanted and did not cover issues involving working conditions which are also in dispute.

Contractors make striking Hong Kong dockers 9.8pc 'last offer'

The contractors - Everbest Port Services, Pui Kee Stevedore Company, Lem Wing Transportation and Comcheung Human Resources - said they would not engage in more talks over the pay dispute.

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80 more dockers join strike as fresh talks fail

More than 80 dockers have walked off the job to join the industrial action that enters its 40th day on Monday as the fifth round of talks involving the strikers, a main contractor and the port operator ended without progress.

Dock workers gather under a shelter outside the container terminals. Photo: Felix Wong

Talks hint at end to strike by Hong Kong dockers

Emerging from seven-and-a-half hours of talks, Union of Hong Kong Dockers spokesman Stanley Ho Wai-hong accused Everbest Port Services of being insincere.

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Striking dockers agree to meet key contractor alone

The Union of Hong Kong Dockers had insisted it would not resume talks if they were only with contractor Everbest Port Services on March 28. But union spokesman Stanley Ho Wai-hong yesterday said they were willing to go back to the negotiating table with Everbest in an attempt to break the deadlock.

A striking docker protesting outside the Kwai Tsing Container Terminals accuses port operator HIT of shirking responsibility. Photo: Felix Wong

Striking dockers make surprise march to Government House

The striking dockers last night made an unannounced move to mark their walkout's first month by marching to Government House, although their target, Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying, had yet to return from his Beijing trip.

Participants in last night's unannounced demonstration are stopped by police as they mark the first month of the strike. Photo: David Wong

Shipping industry hit hard by dock strike

While the dockers strike is costing Hongkong International Terminals a reported HK$5 million a day, the actual cost of the dispute is costing the maritime and logistics industry much more as ships and cargo are diverted to other ports.

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