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29 Sep 2000

Business As Usual At Manila Container Terminal

Operations resumed at the Manila International Container Terminal after striking workers cleared barricades preventing entry to the port, a senior Philippine official said. National Labor Relations Commission chief said the government asked the 90 striking workers of the International Container Terminal Services to clear the barricades on Thursday night and return to work because of the negative effect of the closure of the MICT on the economy. The MICT handles 70 percent of international container cargo traffic in Manila. "The strikers complied...so NLRC now has to determine the officers who should represent the union to the ICTSI management for collective bargaining," he said.

28 Sep 2000

Violence Erupts At Manila Container Port Strike

One worker was killed in a violent strike that forced a major international container port in Manila to halt operations on Thursday. "One of our workers was stabbed in the neck and died," a spokeswoman at the International Container Terminal Services Inc said. "Because of that we have to stop operations because the lives of those still working are being endangered," she said. ITSCI is the operator of the Manila International Container Terminal (MICT) that handles 70 percent of the international container traffic in Manila. Shares of ICTSI had fallen 3.26 percent to 89 centavos. ICTSI said approximately 90 workers began an "illegal strike" on Wednesday, barricading the entrance of the MICT to demand collective bargaining with management.