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About: 2013 Hong Kong dock strike

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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. 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

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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. 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. (en)
  • 葵青貨櫃碼頭工潮是指由香港國際貨櫃碼頭外判工人於2013年3月28日開始發起的一場工業行動，成為香港戰後最長的一次工人運動。最後事件以9.8%的加薪幅度達成共識，於2013年5月6日結束長達40日的工潮運動。 (zh)
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  • Dock protesters camped outside Cheung Kong Centre (en)
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  • *Lee Cheuk-yan *Chan Chiu-wai (en)
  • *Li Ka-shing *Canning Fok *John Meredith *Gerry Yim Lui-fai (en)
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  • Strikes and protests (en)
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  • *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 (en)
  • *Hongkong International Terminals Ltd. *Hutchison Port Holdings Trust *Hutchison Whampoa Ltd Supported by: *Liberal Party (Hong Kong) (en)
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  • 葵青貨櫃碼頭工潮是指由香港國際貨櫃碼頭外判工人於2013年3月28日開始發起的一場工業行動，成為香港戰後最長的一次工人運動。最後事件以9.8%的加薪幅度達成共識，於2013年5月6日結束長達40日的工潮運動。 (zh)
  • 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 (en)
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  • 2013 Hong Kong dock strike (en)
  • 葵青貨櫃碼頭工潮 (zh)
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