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Dockers go on strike at Bangladesh's Mongla port
(Shipping Times)
July 13, 1999
[MONGLA, Bangladesh]
Cargo handling was suspended at Bangladesh's south-western Mongla port yesterday as dock workers began an indefinite strike to demand higher wages, port officials said.
"The workers walked off at 6 am (0000 GMT) stranding 22 ships including four carrying foodgrains," Azizul Hoq, harbour master at the country's second port ...... Read more on Shipping Times
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