Russian dockers demand salary hikes
A strike by dock workers in late 2007 effectively paralysed operations at the Russian port of Tuapse for three days, with dockers eventually ordered back to work following a court ruling.
Russian railways reported that 1,000 of its wagons laden with coal and grain were stranded in the port, while others had to be diverted to nearby warehouses.
Dock workers were seeking pay hikes of 20%.
Tuapse, which is owned by billionaire Vladimir Lisin, annually ships 20m tonnes of liquid and solid bulk. It is also Russia’s only Black Sea coal outlet.
At Lisin’s other main port holding, that of St Petersburg, dock workers also went on strike in pursuit of 30% pay increase. Up to 1,800 workers from three stevedoring companies walked out in support of the demand at the end of last year.
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