Port East Dockers On Strike Again

This time the call was made at the national level to denounce an EU directive to reduce the missions of port workers. All dockers is mobilized today, which will stop handling the entire port-east.

"We are mobilized for the European Commission tries to revive plans for deregulation and liberalization of port work which we oppose. The European Commission continues its work of undermining" protested Danio Ricquebourg, Deputy Secretary General of the CGTR ports and docks. From his point of view, the European Commission took advantage of the crisis and the economic downturn in countries like Spain to impose a change of labor regulations applicable to dockworkers. "They do this to be able to hire temporary labor to be deprived of their rights," said the union still for that objective of this directive is intended only to "please the multinationals."

Another reason for their dissatisfaction, dockers criticize the contemptuous attitude of UNIM, the Union Nationale des Industries Handling the union bosses, who had unilaterally decided to challenge local agreements allowing for systematic wage increase Reunion workers when agreement is reached at the national level. On these issues, they will warn dockworkers inflexible. "We'll talk again before the end of the year," says Danio Ricquebourg.

The port activity should resume normally tomorrow.