About 100 dockers demanding a pay rise vowed to continue a sit-in protest at the Kwai Chung Container Terminal on Thursday after a meeting with their employer earlier in the day failed to settle the dispute.
The demonstration began on Thursday morning, when a minor scuffle with security guards erupted at one of the gates when workers tried to enter container terminal 6 to stage their sit-in.
At least four people, including the guards, were reportedly injured.
The protest and scuffle blocked traffic near the gate, forcing container trucks to use other gates to enter the port.
The dockers are employees of contractors that work with port operator Hong Kong International Terminals, a subsidiary of billionaire Li Ka-shing’s company, Hutchison Whampoa.
The dockers are asking for a meeting with the management of Hong Kong International Terminals and a 17-per-cent pay rise, saying their wages had not gone up in 15 years.
A meeting on Thursday afternoon between the dockers and contractors, at which they offered a HK$3 an hour pay rise, failed to settle the dispute.