There is a general strike at the port, but the liner company is not panic at all?

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The National Port Workers Coordination Committee of India announced on the 15th of this month that workers at ports across India will begin an indefinite strike starting from August 28 to protest the long-unresolved adjustment of wages and allowances (including pensions). Container shipping companies are not worried about this, because most container terminals in India belong to private companies, and each company has its own contract with dock workers.

The old salary agreement expired in March 2021. Although the Indian Ministry of Shipping established a bilateral salary negotiation committee in March 2021, after 31 months and 7 meetings, the labor and management parties have not reached any agreement. protocol.

Union leaders blame the deadlock on "illogical and illegal guidelines" imposed by the government that have not only hindered meaningful negotiations but also deepened workers' frustration.

The dockworkers' main demands include an immediate salary adjustment, adjustment of allowances, protection of existing rights, and enforcement of previous agreements. They also called for pension benefits to be backdated to January 2022 and for long-delayed productivity-linked bonuses. Dockers' suspicions are growing, especially during the holiday season when bonuses are traditionally handed out.

The strike will disrupt operations at ports across India, and the Ports and Dockers Federation has received support from other unions including the Water Transport Workers' Federation of India.

A cargo handling company received information from India that the bulk cargo terminals operated by Chennai, Visakhapatnam and Navasheva on the southeast coast of India have announced strikes, mainly to demand an immediate solution. Salary and allowance issues. Please note, however, that this strike will not have an impact on container ship operations, as container terminals are operated and managed by private carriers.

Wanhai Shipping executives pointed out that news of strikes often come out in India, but unlike strikes in the United States, the company will pay close attention to the news of strikes and flexibly adjust routes.

Another shipping executive revealed that American dock workers are a very high-paid group. The foreman receives a salary comparable to that of a company CEO. The union has huge resources and has the capital to strike. Indian dock workers are afraid of not receiving wages and cannot go on strike for a long time..