RMT announces dispute with Stena Line over pandemic sick pay
FERRIES Union RMT today confirmed that it was in dispute with Stena Line over the company’s failure to address seafarers’ and dockers’ long standing concerns over sick pay which have been ongoing since the start of the pandemic.
RMT general secretary Mick Cash said;
“RMT members on Stena Line ferries and ports are among the key workers who will once again be straining every sinew to keep our maritime supply lines running as the...
North American dockers receive international support in their ongoing fight for racial justice
Friday, 19 June – Brussels
A week after ILA and ILWU dockers shut down ports on the east and west coasts of the United States in solidarity with George Floyd and countless other victims of police brutality and racial injustice; our international dockers family is standing with our sisters and brothers of the ILWU and ILWU Canada, as they once again put down their tools to add their industrial muscle to...
ITF said that despite all this time certain companies still refuse to uphold the Dockers’ Clause.
https://worldmaritimenews.com/archives/289105/unions-demand-dockers-clause-is-respected/
EU short-sea and feeder ship operators are challenging ITF’s efforts to redefine container lashing as a cargo handling activity.