Rotterdam’s port workers go on strike

Container workers members of Rotterdam dockers’ union FNV Havens have gone on a 24-hour strike starting yesterday afternoon after employers failed to meet demands over job guarantees once two new Maasvlakte terminals become fully operational.

Union members have walked out of work and onto the picket line yesterday at 3.15pm (GMT+1) in the one-day strike affecting terminals operated by ECT Delta Terminal and those operated by APM Terminals (APMT) at both Maasvlakte and Maasvlakte II.

The strike comes after the employers failed to meet the union’s demand that job security until at least 2022 would be guaranteed for all employees who had a permanent job on January 1, 2015.