Stormy sea conditions were matched by a crew strike on board a Tallink cruise vessel, the MS Baltic Queen, calling for a 20 percent payrise and rejecting a repeat of the 7-10 percent granted two years ago, daily Postimees reprots.<\/p>\n
The demonstration took place at Tallinn’s Old City Harbor, Terminal D, Postimees reports (link in Estonian) and attracted around 50 participants – double the number of passengers on the now-delayed cruise ship, while similar actions took place aboard two other Tallink vessels, the MS Star and the new MS MyStar shuttle vessels.<\/p>\n
Jüri Lember, head of the Estonian Seamen’s Independent Union (EMSA) said: “Every six or eight years, you have to be reminded via a warning strike,” adding that: “We’re not going to settle for some 7-10 percent pay raise as happened two years ago.”<\/p>\n
Lember said that collective action was the only way to reach such goals, and compared his organization’s calls for 20-22 percent pay rise, costing €2 million to €2.25 million, with the total 2021 salary of €2.25 million paid to the five Tallink management board members.<\/p>\n
Lember also stated that Tallink repaid around €50.8 million in loans, which, he said, would have led to increased enrichment for the company’s owners, adding that unlike the crisis of 2008 onwards, the current economic situation is just a recession.<\/p>\n
Tallink was severely hit by the effects of the Covid pandemic from early 2020.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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