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The 1984 MTR Strikes were two industrial actions affecting the MTR Corporation, responsible for administering the MTR in Hong Kong. The first strike lasted from January 24 to 26, ending with the recognition of the Mass Transit Railway Operating Department Staff Union."Mass Transit Railway strike ends," Straits Times, January 26, 1984 http://newspapers.nl.sg/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19840126-1.2.73.aspx Conflict over working rules led to an April 9 union vote approving a second strike.Ng Sek-Hong, "Strike at the Mass Transit Railway Corporation: Its Implications," Hong Kong Law Journal 15 (1985),

http://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?handle=hein.journals/honkon15&div=12&id=&page= In the second strike, the MTR used supervisors to operate trains and dismissed those striking workers who would not return to work.O'Young, Anneliese. Moving Experience: The MTR's First 36 Years. (Hong Kong: South China Morning Post, 2011), pg. 73 While the vast majority of workers returned and were rehired with penalties, some held responsible were not rehired.Ng Sek-Hong