Norwegian Transport Federation (NTF) sues Mosjøen Industrial Terminal AS.Employees claim the employer owe them big sums - now it will be a lawsuit.

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Norwegian Transport Federation (NTF) sues Mosjøen Industrial Terminal AS.
Employees claim the employer owe them big sums - now it will be a lawsuit.
"We can not let ourselves down and accept that they can only exclude people and that they remain without work and income," says Lars Morten Johnsen , Transport Manager.
On May 8, it is three years since the 16 dockworkers in Mosjøen were banned from the port of Mosjøen.
"We were at work when we were resigned according to our agreed order, but those at work laid down work and required a guarantee on outstanding pay so that the work could be resumed. Then they were told that a new order would come, but during the night, MIT and Alcoa launched the lockout, "said club leaders for the harbor workers in Mosjøen, Pål M Aanesto Transportarbeideren
The Mosjøen Industrial Terminal has previously claimed that this was done because the harbor workers refused to work.
By May 8th
"There is a collective agreement that MIT has signed, and they must relate to it," says Johnsen.
He says that the claim will be a replacement for financial loss for the dockworkers for almost three years.
"We have partially covered this with strike contribution, so part of the amount will fall back to the federation," says Johnsen.
The stew will be sent by May 8th. If not, the case will be out of date. The federation is now counting on how much the compensation claim will be, but based on sales before the conflict, it can quickly be between 35 and 40 millionNOK.
"Initially, it's a three-year turnover, but how much it would be and what it would be beyond the payroll costs, we must look at," says Terje Samuelsen, Deputy Director of NTF.
Considers labor law case
How quickly the case can arise, neither Samuelsen nor Johnsen dares to predict, but the NTF leader also says it is being judged whether only civil liability claims or a labor law case will be conducted.
- The compensation must nevertheless be taken in the civil court, but the case may also end in labor law in order to determine if the collective agreement is valid or not. Therefore, there may be labor law cases first, to clarify it, says Johnsen.
Transportarbeideren has been in contact with Mosjøen Industrial Terminal. They do not want to comment on the upcoming trial.
Original article:
http://frifagbevegelse.no/…/de-ansatte-hevder-arbeidsgiver-…
Meanwhile this is the situation in Mosjoen and Tromso:
Dear Friends,in December 2016 the Norwegian Supreme Court has ruled that a boycott of Holship with the aim of getting the company to sign a collective bargaining agreement with the NTF was in breach of the provision within the European Economic Area (EEA) agreement on freedom of establishment, as it prevented the company from using its own employees for loading and unloading cargo. The majority of the Supreme Court judges (10 out of 17) held that the EEA agreement takes precedence over ILO Convention 137 (the Dock Work Convention, 1973).
A consequence of this ruling that the union is no more able to support financially the 60 Dockers that were involved in the boycott and in the sympathy strikes and that are now out of the job.
The National Secretary of the NTF Dockers’ Section, Bjørn Steffensen , asked us to circulate the letter in, which requests the trade union movement to contribute to support financially the Norwegian Dockers. Please feel free to share it with your contacts. The details for making donations:
Bank name: Spareskillingsbanken, Festningsgt.11, 4611 Kristiansand, Norway.
BIC/SWIFT: DNBANOKKXXX
IBAN: NO0330603316947 acountnr: 30603316947
Picture by Danny Bossman

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