Hong Kong dockworkers gain 9.8% pay increase after 40-day strike

A dockworker takes a rest outside Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing’s headquarters, Cheung Kong Center during a protest in Hong Kong Monday, May 6, 2013. Hong Kong dockworkers have accepted a 9.8 percent pay increase, ending a 40-day strike that slowed traffic at one of the world’s busiest ports. The workers settled their dispute late Monday by agreeing to the pay offer from four middleman contractors that provide staff to a container terminal operator controlled by Li Ka-shing.

A dockworker takes a rest in a tent outside Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing’s headquarters, Cheung Kong Center during a protest in Hong Kong Monday, May 6, 2013. <AP Photo/Vincent Yu>