Jul 4, 2014
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Dock workers at the HaminaKotka harbour and everywhere else in Finland have returned to their jobs after a day-long strike brought the sea ports to a standstill.
Dock workers at the HaminaKotka harbour and everywhere else in Finland have returned to their jobs after a day-long strike brought the sea ports to a standstill. The Seamen’s Union claimed that the North-Western Shipping Company was slashing its workers’ pay and possibly even freight agreement prices. A written threat to a shop steward by a representative of a shipping company in response to the refusal of stevedores to unload a Russian vessel has been cited as the reason for the strike.
English: http://yle.fi/uutiset/shipyard_strike_ends__stevedores_play_catch-up ...
http://www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finland-news/domestic/10867-stevedores-stage-strike ...
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