Global trade union claims President’s Office still failing to address port workers’ rights abuses
06 Nov 2012, 10:09 PM
Neil Merrett
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) has accused President Mohamed Waheed Hassan of failing to respond to ongoing concerns it has over certain rights violations of workers employed at the state-owned Maldives Ports Limited.
A spokesperson for the ITF, a global trade union representing 4.5 million transport workers across 154 countries, said it expected to send a third official letter this week to President Waheed after it had not received a response from his office on two previous occasions.
In the last letter sent to the President’s Office on October 29, ITF General Secretary David Cockroft raised concerns over what he claimed was a “dire” situation facing members of the Maldives Port Workers Union (MPWU) employed by the Maldives Ports Limited (MPL).
Some former port workers employed by the MPL have claimed they have been victimised at the work place for taking part in anti-government protests.
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