Hundreds of workers at the world’s third largest port in Hong Kong have been on strike for over a week demanding a 20% pay rise. They are mostly hired by a sub contractor, but the owner of the port, Hutchison International Terminals, and the Hong Kong government, are claiming that such a wage rise would make the terminal port uncompetitive with rivals in the region. This is the same language that is used against workers everywhere in the region as employers try to pit workers against workers in a race to the bottom. Port workers though are staying strong amid attempts to declare the strike illegal. For solidarity, click here.
Hundreds of workers at the world’s third largest port in Hong Kong have been on strike for over a week demanding a 20% pay rise. They are mostly hired by a sub contractor, but the owner of the port, Hutchison International Terminals, and the Hong Kong government, are claiming that such a wage rise would make the terminal port uncompetitive with rivals in the region. This is the same language that is used against workers everywhere in the region as employers try to pit workers against workers in a race to the bottom. Port workers though are staying strong amid attempts to declare the strike illegal. For solidarity, click here.
