Peak-hour morning train travel and international flights in Hong Kong were thrown into chaos on Monday as pro-democracy protesters launched an attempted city-wide strike
Protesters prevent the doors of a MTR underground train from closing at Fortress Hill station as they disrupt the rush hour commute in Hong Kong on August 5, 2019.
While some commuters were angered by the morning transport chaos, others said they supported the action after more than two months of extraordinary protests aimed at securing democratic freedoms. The protests in the semi-autonomous southern Chinese city were triggered by opposition to a planned extradition law but quickly evolved into a wider movement for democratic reform and a halt to eroding freedoms.
People from all walks of life indicated plans online to either strike or phone in sick on Monday –– from civil servants and social workers to flight attendants, pilots, bus drivers and even employees of the city's Disneyland.Given its reputation as a bastion for free-market capitalism, Hong Kong does not have much recent history of successful labour movements.
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