MPL accused of creating fake ports worker union to dismiss employment rights violations
17 Sep 2012, 5:14 PM
Mohamed Naahee
The Maldives Port Workers Union (MPWU) have accused Maldives Ports Limited (MPL) of forming a “paper union” to shove aside the alleged violation of employee rights by the state corporation.
Sacked MPL employee and President of MPWU, Ibrahim Khaleel, told Minivan News that his former employer was trying to “fabricate the truth” about the violations of rights of their employees.
The ‘Maldives National Port Workers Union’ was formed just five days after MPL received a letter from the Asia Pacific Regional Office of International Transport workers Federation (ITF), which had raised concerns over the alleged employment rights violations.
“[ITF] sent a letter raising concerns of the employment violations in MPL to its management. So what they did was instead of addressing the issues and concern, they formed a paper union, legally recognised it and made the Maldives Port Workers Union illegal,” Khaleel explained.
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