The Standard | by Patrick Beja
The Dock Workers Union (DWU) has called on the government to consider 7,500 port employees as frontline workers to receive the Covid-19 vaccine.
The union wants the port workers to be given priority in the ongoing vaccination because they face the risk of contracting the coronavirus owing to their interaction with cargo owners and foreign ship pilots.
DWU General Secretary Simon Sang, in a letter dated March 26, asked the port management to also stop workers from using their hands to open port gates during their…
