After HHLA protests: work resumed
Following the protest against the agreed entry of the world's largest container shipping company MSC into the Hamburg port logistics company HHLA, HHLA employees have resumed work at Burchardkai (CTB). Operations at CTB resumed on Tuesday evening and are currently running on all modes of transport, an HHLA spokeswoman announced on Wednesday morning. Burchardkai is one of three HHLA container terminals in Hamburg. Earlier, ndr.de had reported.
HHLA employees had previously walked off the job at the terminal, whereupon operations were suspended. The HHLA spokeswoman was unable to provide any information on the number of employees involved.
"Everything has been back to normal since the night shift," confirmed a spokesperson for the works council. According to him, it was a spontaneous action by employees, which the works councils had not called for. "Collectively, the decision was made to go outside," he said.
HHLA announced on Tuesday that unexcused absences from work are generally considered a breach of contractual obligations. "Due to the current situation at CTB, HHLA has initiated measures under labor law."
The Group Works Council had spoken out strictly against MSC joining the company. However, Works Council Chairman Christian Baranowski ruled out calls for strikes or demonstrations on Friday due to the Works Constitution Act.
In the wake of the resolution of the HHLA protests, shipping operations at Burchardkai have returned to normal, utilizing all modes of transportation. However, the increased traffic due to resumed operations may pose challenges to the surrounding transportation infrastructure.
Source: www.dpa.com
