Social dumping was opposed at this years TUC and Condor were named and shamed for their practices towards its employees!!!
Shame on you Condor.
A fairs days pay for a fair days work!!
fighting for its members
Sunday 16 September 2012
Condor ferries
Condor ferries - the company bringing shame to the maritime heritage of Portsmouth through social dumping whilst claiming shipping is an international trade!!!
Social dumping was opposed at this years TUC and Condor were named and shamed for their practices towards its employees!!!
Shame on you Condor.
A fairs days pay for a fair days work!!
Social dumping was opposed at this years TUC and Condor were named and shamed for their practices towards its employees!!!
Shame on you Condor.
A fairs days pay for a fair days work!!
Condor ferries
Southampton shipping branch was joined by branch members from all over the UK on Saturday morning from as far away as Belfast, Glasgow and Aberdeen in opposition to Condor ferries' treatment of seafarers emplpoyed by Condor Ferries.
Southamnpton shipping branch is calling for an end to exploitation on the ferries between Portsmouth and the channel islands, where staff are paid as little as £2.35 per hour, for a minimum of 12 hours of work per day, 7 days per week for 3 months at a time.
Condor ferries employs Ukrainian seafarers via an employment agency based in Odessa with no comparison to either Ukrainian employment law or the legislation in the UK.
Condor ferries employees recieve:
No Annual leave, even though ukrainian workers receive 24 per year!
No pension contributions, even though ukrainian workers receive employer contributions of 33.2%!
No national minimum wage, even though the national minumum wage in the UK for all workers irrespective of race or nationality is above £6 per hour.
No contracts of employment (3 month fixed term only), so no secure future although in the Ukraine if you work for an employer for 3 months you will have "passed the test" and be given a contract of employment, although this usually happens after 1 month!!
Ukrainian workers must recieve at least 24 hours of rest per 7 days, Condor ferries staff do not recieve a days rest for 3 months!!
The maximum cap on Ukrainian workers hours of work is 40 hours, if they work more than this then they will receive an additional 7 days leave per annum but no worker can work in excess of 4 hours in 48 hours or 120 per annum.......the average working week is 84 hours, and nobody receives leave!!
Condor ferries will argue that that as an employer they can employ who they like, which is fine all we ask is that they are treated with respect, dignity,, decency and equality irrespective of nationality or race and are not exploited in the name of greed.
we want a level playing field for all in the country in which it opearates, if it wishes to employ on the rates of Ukraine, why not charge the fares in comparison to the Ukraine?
The RMT is not going away and will continue to oppose this industrial cancer known as "social dumping" be it at Condor ferries, Condor Logistics or companies that it is associated to via the macquarie group until the Port of portsmouth is restores its maritime heritage and is no longer a port of convenience!!!
Once again thanks for all the support shown this weekend.
Southampton shipping branch was joined by branch members from all over the UK on Saturday morning from as far away as Belfast, Glasgow and Aberdeen in opposition to Condor ferries' treatment of seafarers emplpoyed by Condor Ferries.
Southamnpton shipping branch is calling for an end to exploitation on the ferries between Portsmouth and the channel islands, where staff are paid as little as £2.35 per hour, for a minimum of 12 hours of work per day, 7 days per week for 3 months at a time.
Condor ferries employs Ukrainian seafarers via an employment agency based in Odessa with no comparison to either Ukrainian employment law or the legislation in the UK.
Condor ferries employees recieve:
No Annual leave, even though ukrainian workers receive 24 per year!
No pension contributions, even though ukrainian workers receive employer contributions of 33.2%!
No national minimum wage, even though the national minumum wage in the UK for all workers irrespective of race or nationality is above £6 per hour.
No contracts of employment (3 month fixed term only), so no secure future although in the Ukraine if you work for an employer for 3 months you will have "passed the test" and be given a contract of employment, although this usually happens after 1 month!!
Ukrainian workers must recieve at least 24 hours of rest per 7 days, Condor ferries staff do not recieve a days rest for 3 months!!
The maximum cap on Ukrainian workers hours of work is 40 hours, if they work more than this then they will receive an additional 7 days leave per annum but no worker can work in excess of 4 hours in 48 hours or 120 per annum.......the average working week is 84 hours, and nobody receives leave!!
Condor ferries will argue that that as an employer they can employ who they like, which is fine all we ask is that they are treated with respect, dignity,, decency and equality irrespective of nationality or race and are not exploited in the name of greed.
we want a level playing field for all in the country in which it opearates, if it wishes to employ on the rates of Ukraine, why not charge the fares in comparison to the Ukraine?
The RMT is not going away and will continue to oppose this industrial cancer known as "social dumping" be it at Condor ferries, Condor Logistics or companies that it is associated to via the macquarie group until the Port of portsmouth is restores its maritime heritage and is no longer a port of convenience!!!
Once again thanks for all the support shown this weekend.
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