1922 Why did Hong Kong seafarers go on strike?

1922 65438+ 10/0/2. Under the leadership of the All-China Seafarers' Federation, Hong Kong seafarers held a general strike, which was the first time that the working class in China had a tit-for-tat struggle with imperialism. Because British employers can't meet their legitimate demands for higher wages. Since 5 pm that day, all ships from Hong Kong to Guangzhou, Jiangmen, Wuzhou, Macau and other places, as well as China seafarers on seagoing ships to the United States, Britain, France, Japan and the Netherlands began to strike, resulting in more than 90 ships stranded in Hong Kong. As soon as the foreign ships arrived in Hongkong, the China crew on board automatically left the ship to take part in the strike. By the beginning of February, the number of seafarers on strike had increased from the initial 1.500 to more than 20,000, and the number of ships stranded in Hong Kong reached 1.66. At the end of February, in order to support the seafarers' strike, more than 654.38+10,000 workers from various industries in Hong Kong held a strike by the General Union, which won the support of the people of the whole country.