Ψήφισμα (Πορτογαλική Πρεσβεία ) Λιμενεργάτες

Federation Loaders a Unloaders of Greece Federation

Η Ομοσπονδία μας συμμετέχει στην πανευρωπαϊκή δράση συμπαράστασης προς τους Συναδέλφους μας Πορτογάλους Λιμενεργάτες ,

όπου η Πορτογαλική Κυβέρνηση προωθεί συστηματικά την αντεργατική πολιτική στα λιμάνια με καταστρεπτικά αποτελέσματα για τους συναδέλφους λιμενεργάτες.

Όλες αυτές οι κινήσεις είναι μνημονιακές πολιτικές με ανατρεπτικά αποτελέσματα για τις εργασιακές σχέσεις όπου εφαρμόζονται και στην χώρα μας.

Στα πλαίσια συμπαράστασης στους Πορτογάλους συναδέλφους μας, σε συνεννόηση με την ευρωπαϊκή ομοσπονδία ( ETF ) , όπου είμαστε μέλη της  αλλά και με παράλληλες δράσεις από το IDC, θα επιδώσουμε ψήφισμα στην Πορτογαλική Πρεσβεία .

ο Πρόεδρος 

Συμεών Λευθεριώτης 

ο Γ Γραμματέας 

Φώτιος Σιακάρας  

 





ATHENS : 30/01/2014
Dear Ambassador,
Over the last years the European Dockworkers’ unions affiliated to the ETF and the IDC have
been following the process of port reform implemented in Portugal since 2012 and the
progressive deterioration of the labour conditions at the Portuguese ports, and in particular at
the port of Lisbon.
During the last eleven months the bargaining negotiation process established at the new Port
Labour Law has been deliberately frozen by the employers’ associations, and a new labour
pool have been created with the sole purpose of employing an alternative low-income nonunion
workforce with a clear intention of replacing the existing professional dockworkers.
In the port of Lisbon 47 dockworkers have been dismissed with not rightful motives, with the
employers’ goal to replace them by these alternative workers employed at substandard
conditions.
The Portuguese port reform is a direct consequences of the liberalisation imposed by the
Troika and accepted by the Portuguese government as a condition to obtain financial
assistance, which the European Dockworkers’ unions have repeatedly condemned.
As already denounced by the workers’ unions, The Portuguese port law is in breach of the
principles expressed by the ILO Convention 137 on Dock Work, which has been ratified by
Portugal.
The European dockworkers urge the Portuguese Government to promote a meaningful
dialogue between the unions and the port employers.
The most urgent demands of the workers’ unions are
- To extend the deadline for the negotiations of a comprehensive collective bargaining
agreement in the port of Lisbon until September 2014 and engage into a meaningful dialogue
with the union;
- To immediately reinstate the 47 dismissed dockworkers under a permanent contract;
- To cancel the training of new dockworkers for the planned alternative pool while the
negotiations for the new CBA are in place;
- To put an end to all the union-busting tactics currently being implemented;
- To organise an urgent meeting between the SETC (Dockworkers’ union) and the
government.
The European dockworkers will keep supporting the Portuguese unions, and unless a
significant shift in the strategies developed by the employers over the last months takes place,
they will promote and coordinate all lawful measures of international solidarity in support of
the demands of their Portuguese fellow workers.

Yours faithfully,