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Two divisions of Covenant settle big case by drivers alleging ‘no-hire’ conspiracy

Posted on August 27, 2021 by | Leave a comment

Now four firms have settled in this big case. It is interesting reading, even though amounts of damages are not revealed. Didthe trucking firms conspire not to hire certain drivers from one another?

That would amount to restraining the worker’s right to take another job. It’s probably illegal. But it is also involved with charging drivers for taking a safety course.

Trucking firms have made many attempts to manipulate work rules to reduce the wages paid to drivers.

One of the most egregious is to require truckers to lease a truck through the company, on terms dictated by the company. This is often not a good deal for the truckers. But that’s not the question here.

John Kingston Friday, August 27, 2021

Two divisions of Covenant settle in big case by drivers alleging ‘no-hire’ conspiracy – FreightWaves

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Disgruntled HMM seafarers threaten pay strike and to join rival carrier MSC

Posted on August 24, 2021 by | 1 comment

I found the mechanics of this seafarer strike interesting. But for logistics students with little knowledge of the maritime environment, all of this will be new.

Many don’t realize that sailrs on many lines have been trapped at see by Covid. Their home countries won;’t allow them in without quarantines longer than their breaks, or perhaps not at all in some Asian countries. so they are trapped on thieir vessels with no breaks.

It’s a hard life; but maritimers are paid well– look at the wages, and these are for Korean-flagged ships. US flag ships would pay more.

By Nick Savvides 24/08/2021

Disgruntled HMM seafarers threaten pay strike and to join rival carrier MSC – The Loadstar

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Dealing with the shameful crew-change crisis

Posted on September 14, 2020 by | Leave a comment

Here’s a suggestion for a relatively simple way to stop the cheating on crew changes during Covid-19.

Crews are often not allowed to leave ships during the Covid-19 crisis, and are either coerced into signing renewal contracts or simply denied the ability to travel home. How to stop it?

The proposal: get P&I insurers to deny coverage until crew members have been changed. It’s clearly a safety issue to have continuously-serving crew who do not get a mandated break.

It’s simple, and doesn’t require a lot of collaboration between countries, shipowners, and international agencies. And enforcement is quick and easy and dire for the shipowners and cargo owners. No one will ship with a carrier who does not have P&I insurance.

I thin it has real promise, and only needs a few P&I executives to make it happen.

Andrew Craig-Bennett September 14, 2020

Link: https://splash247.com/a-practical-way-to-deal-with-the-shameful-maltreatment-of-600000-people/

Previous story: https://mymaritimeblog.wordpress.com/2020/09/10/flag-states-attacked-for-weakness-on-crew-change/

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