2013 Hong Kong dock strike

rdf:langString 2013 Hong Kong dock strike

rdf:langString Dock protesters camped outside Cheung Kong Centre

rdf:langString *Lee Cheuk-yan *Chan Chiu-wai

rdf:langString *Li Ka-shing *Canning Fok *John Meredith *Gerry Yim Lui-fai

rdf:langString Strikes and protests

rdf:langString *Union of Hong Kong Dockers *Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions Supported by: *Labour Party (Hong Kong) *Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions *Federation of Hong Kong and Kowloon Labour Unions *Hong Kong Federation of Students *International Trade Union Confederation

rdf:langString *Hongkong International Terminals Ltd. *Hutchison Port Holdings Trust *Hutchison Whampoa Ltd Supported by: *Liberal Party (Hong Kong)

rdf:langString 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. The strike ended on 6 May 2013 when the strikers accepted the offer of 9.8% pay rise. It was the longest running industrial action in Hong Kong in years. 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.