Hong Kong (RAE - China) - Nepali guards dismissed allegedly for strike action (2010)

In January, around 100 Nepali security guards were sacked after undertaking a strike over pay and conditions. The strike began after guards from the Gurkha service team of Group 4 Securicor found they were not among a group of 200 that had been given a pay rise. Kumar Gurung, the group’s leader who said he had not had a pay rise in nine years, raised nine demands with management including a pay increase. Although the company claimed to have answered most of the demands, Mr. Gurung said an agreement was never reached. The labour department investigated whether the dismissals were due to the workers’ union activities and therefore illegal, but in any event, following negotiations, the company agreed to re-hire those dismissed.

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