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Maritime unions support German dockers’ strike over inflation

Leaders of shipping unions gathered in London expressed their solidarity with Germany’s 12,000 dock workers for their recent strike.

The German subsidiary of the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), ver.di is pushing for an annual, automatic inflation adjustment to be built into a renewed collective agreement with 58 ports and terminals.

“Rising prices for essential living expenses such as energy and food have become an unsustainable burden on German workers, especially for those...

https://container-news.com/maritime-unions-support-german-dockers-strike-over-inflation/

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/

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