A strike is planned to next week at Tanjung Priok port

Around 2000 union workers are planning a strike from May 15-20 at the Tanjung Priok port to protest against an affiliate of Hutchinson Ports, which is bad for the country and for workers’ rights. Tanjung Priok port is in the middle of upgrading its annual handling capacity to 11.5 million twenty foot equivalent units from 5 million TEUs in 2010.

PT Jakarta International Container Terminal（JICT）’s contract was due to expire in 2019, but in 2014 Pelindo II extended it until 2039. The union opposes a decision by state-owned port operator Pelindo II to extend the contract held by JICT, a company that Pelindo II runs with Hutchison Ports to handle container loading and unloading for this contract extension will have potentially caused state losses of 36 trillion rupiah ($2.70 billion).

This strick will disrupt shipping operations at Jakarta’s main port, which handles the bulk of international shipments for Southeast Asia’s biggest economy. All port operations would be halted during the strike. All sides have to solve this problem for the sake of national interest.

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