I have been asked to post this by Svein Lundeng and Dockers Hangarounds on behalf of the Norway Dockers
Request for solidarity with Norwegian and Spanish Dockers.
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 are indicated in the letter.
The Norwegian Dockworkers strongly urges all unions to support the Dockworkers of Spain.
The conflict i Norway could have been solved within weeks with full support from the Norwegian Labour Confederation, LO.This did not happen.
Don't let the same happen to 6500 Dockworkers in Spain!
That will be devastating to the working class globaly.
All labour unions must support the Dockworkers!
Please see this sites and read about the situation in Spain:
IDC International Dockworkers Council
https://www.facebook.com/
ETF Dockers' Section
https://www.facebook.com/
In Solidarity.
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 are indicated in the letter.
The Norwegian Dockworkers strongly urges all unions to support the Dockworkers of Spain.
The conflict i Norway could have been solved within weeks with full support from the Norwegian Labour Confederation, LO.This did not happen.
Don't let the same happen to 6500 Dockworkers in Spain!
That will be devastating to the working class globaly.
All labour unions must support the Dockworkers!
Please see this sites and read about the situation in Spain:
IDC International Dockworkers Council
https://www.facebook.com/
ETF Dockers' Section
https://www.facebook.com/
In Solidarity.
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