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DESCRIPTION:In the spring of 2013, a 40 day strike by 500 dockworkers at the Hong Kong 
 Port aroused massive support in Hong Kong society and throughout the world. 
 The target was one of the world's richest and most powerful men - oligarch 
 Li Kai-shing.\n\nThe Hong Kong dockworkers, suffering years of frozen wages 
 and inhumane conditions, divided by a subcontracting system meant to 
 deflect labor unity, with no legal access to collective bargaining, in 
 heart of the global capital's leading city... struggled and prevailed, 
 giving us a clear view of the power of workers against not merely one boss, 
 but a system that is generating inequality everywhere it spreads. Their 
 tenacity, militancy and ultimate victory provides a moment of inspiration 
 for citizens and workers universally.\n\nSpeakers:\n\n    Stephan Chan is a 
 rank & file dockworker, employed as a sub-contracted checker in the Kwai 
 Tung terminal. He helped to organize the Union of Hong Kong Dockers (UHKD) 
 in 2005 and served as its first chairperson. He remains one of the core 
 leaders of the union and played a vital role during the April 2013 
 strike.\n\n    Loy Wong is an organizing secretary of Hong Kong 
 Confederation of Trade Unions (HKCTU), with more than 12 years of 
 experience in the trade union. He leads the organizing and support work for 
 unions in the transportation and logistics sector, including the Union of 
 Hong Kong Dockworkers.\n\nOther stops on the US speaking tour are Chicago 
 (for the Labor Notes Confernce), Los Angeles, Portland and Seattle 
 .\n\nChina & Hong Kong labor reading group put together by comrades in 
 Seattle: 
 http://hkstrikes.wordpress.com/2014/02/28/china-hong-kong-labor-reading-group/\n\nThe 
 San Francisco leg of the U.S. speaking tour is co-sponsored by the 
 Empire-Logistics/Global Supply Chains study/research group of the San 
 Francisco Public School (http://thepublicschool.org/node/37009).\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2014/03/30/18753321.php
SUMMARY:Hong Kong dockers strike -- US speaking tour
LOCATION:UNITE HERE Local 2 Union Hall\n209 Golden Gate Avenue\nSan Francisco, CA 
 94102
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2014/03/30/18753321.php
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