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Unions appeal against Dutch court’s Docker’s Clause ruling

Trade unions in dispute with a number of feeder operators and ship managers over the implementation of a jointly negotiated collective bargaining agreement (CBA) will appeal the court’s preliminary decision announced on 27 August.

The appeal is due to be heard on 6 October, and is expected to focus on two major issues raised at the earlier hearing. According to the original decision, the reasonableness and fairness of the Unions’ position and the anti-competitive nature of the Non-Seafarers’...

https://container-news.com/unions-appeal-against-dutch-courts-dockers-clause-ruling/

Feeder lines can set aside Dockers’ Clause says Dutch court

A preliminary court hearing in The Netherlands has ruled that the Non-Seafarers’ Work Clause, the so-called Dockers’ Clause of a collective bargaining agreement (CBA) which came into force on 1 January, should be set aside during the current pandemic.

In a case brought to court by the trade unions in an effort to get seafarer employers to comply with a negotiated CBA, the court felt that there was an issue with the “reasonableness and fairness” of the negotiation of this agreement, according to...

https://container-news.com/feeder-lines-can-set-aside-dockers-clause-says-dutch-court/