| European Seafarers' Union Protests Non-Union Workers |
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| Wednesday, 11 July 2007 06:18 | |||
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The European Transport Workers' Federation protested the growing use of nonunion workers on European ferries. Citing a 19 percent increase in the use of nonunion workers and the corresponding drop in the use of unionized labor, the ETFW protested by showing Members of the European Pariliament why the use of nonunion labor, especially on passenger ferries, is dangerous. Click Read More to continue. (Thanks to Travis and Hank for this story!) :) The use of nonunion labor is attractive to ferry operators because they can pay crews as much as 60 percent less to work on the ferries than their union counterparts.
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