Workers at the south Indian port of Chennai have threatened action if the government signs an agreement with P&O Ports to build and operate a container terminal at the port.
As reported in the July 2000 issue of WorldCargo News (p4), P&O Ports has been selected as the preferred bidder to manage and operate the Chennai container terminal. A formal agreement is due to be signed later this month. However representatives of six Chennai Port Trust unions have joined forces and alleged that the agreement would harm both the port and the workers....
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Approx 350 words from WorldCargo News, October 2000,
page 4.
