Union criticises Hutchison safety record as docker dies

Trade union leaders at Hutchison’s Jakarta container terminal has criticised the company’s safety record after a worker was killed at the terminal.

Nova Hakim, union branch chair at Serikat Pekerja Jakarta International Container Terminal (SPJICT), said: “We are shocked and alarmed by the continuing carnage at the Hutchison’s terminal in Jakarta. Two workers have died within two months, and four within the past 15 months. This is an atrocious record that speaks for itself.”

The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) and SPJICT are calling on the company to conduct an official inquiry into the death and the circumstance surrounding how this worker fell overboard.