Cargo Business Newswire

Monday, January 11, 2016

Rotterdam dockworkers stage 1-day strike

Port workers at Rotterdam’s container terminal were ready to begin a 24-hour strike last Thursday and five other day-long strikes are being planned, according to news agency ANP.

The unions want port terminal operators to rule out making compulsory redundancies, despite overcapacity and growing automation in the sector. The port authority said it would not be going to court in an effort to stop the strike.

"Striking is a right and we would rather put our energy into a solution," a spokesman told ANP.

Some 800 out of 3,500 jobs at the port are under threat over the next four years, the unions say. The last all-out strike in the port was 13 years ago, the Financieele Dagblad reports.

For more of the Dutch News story: www.dutchnews.nl