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 Dock protesters camped outside Cheung Kong Centre (headquarters of Hutchison Whampoa) | |||
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The 2013 Hong Kong dock strike was a 40-day labour strike at the Kwai Tsing Container Terminal. It was called by the Union of Hong Kong Dockers (UHKD), an affiliate of the Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions (HKCTU) on 28 March 2013, against contracting companies to whom workforce management had been out-sourced by the Hongkong International Terminals Ltd. (HIT), subsidiary of Hutchison Port Holdings Trust (HPHT), which is in turn owned by Hutchison Whampoa Ltd (HWL), flagship company of Li Ka-shing, Hong Kong's richest man. The strike workers demanded better pay and working conditions.[1] The strike ended on 6 May 2013 when the strikers accepted the offer of 9.8% pay rise.[2] It was the longest running industrial action in Hong Kong in years.[3] Public support and media attention on the strike were unprecedented in the city's history. Some observers marked this as the rejuvenation of political engagement.[4]
- ^ McCafferty, Georgia; Pang, Esther (4 April 2013). "Hong Kong dock strike cripples world's third busiest port". CNN. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
- ^ Davies, Paul J; Noble, Josh (7 May 2013). "Hong Kong dockers accept pay rise and end strike action". Financial Times. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
- ^ "Hong Kong dock workers end strike". BBC. 7 May 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
- ^ Cheng, Joseph Yu-shek (2014). "The Emergence of Radical Politics in Hong Kong: Causes and Impact". China Review. 14 (1): 218.