ferry companies Viking Line, Tallink Silja and Eckerö Line prepared by the process of postiki their related support the strike, which threatens to start next Monday.
Several unions are expanding their support for strike action next Monday. For example, the Seamen’s Union to expand support to stop next Monday in the Finnish-flagged passenger ships, if the postal strike no agreement before then.
so far, the mediation efforts of the conciliator Anemone Piekkalan under the leadership of the Postal and logistics union PAU and employers Palta with have failed without result. The last mediation attempt was made on Wednesday, and a new appointment agreed.
on Friday morning, Post labor dispute in introduced a new means to use, when the logjam went over the divider of the package sort with the situation began to open up a separate study group chair.
Economic losses coming
the Viking Line ferry from Turku to Stockholm is operated by Amorella and Grace would be to Turku stop at the beginning and in Helsinki, the port would remain Mariella and Gabriella. Rosella would cease upon implementation of mariehamn. The shipping company Viking XPRS ship operated normally, because it does not pass under the Finnish flag.
Tallink Silja ships with varnish would be the impact of two ships, namely the Turku–Stockholm route Baltic Princess and Helsinki Silja serenade of. Tallink is told to transfer passengers, if necessary, to other ships that operate normally.
Eckerö Line Tallinn to operate a ship the MS Finlandia would also leave the port strike began.
Viking Line has estimated that the strike, if realized, would affect the company thousands of passengers and would also cause economic losses.
– Viking Line is a Finland’s largest maritime employer. We have five ships under the Finnish flag, so support the strike against particular the us. We see already now that this has economic effects. This is an unenviable situation, because we’re not even postiki party. We feel that this is a serious matter for our company, but also, more broadly, Finland’s competitiveness, says Viking Line information director Johanna Boijer-Svanhström .
Viking Line: Passengers are connected to
Viking Line information director Johanna Boijer-Svanhströmin according to the passengers we’ll be in touch during the weekend, if the agreement does not show the birth.
– This can still happen I hope that agreement can be found. Customers should follow the website. We will inform our website now if we can get to know something new. If Sunday looks like the varnish is coming, we’ll contact all the passengers either text message or email.
the Viking Line will be offering during the strike for canceled shifts either cell transfer, or withdrawal without additional charges.
Already, the passengers have been concerned about the possible strike.
– Contacts has become quite a bit. Now the end of the year the number of contacts has grown as the customers and staff side.
the Sailor-the first Union to support the strike action postiki his start on Thursday. From the foreign traffic of car ferries aboard is not taken from trucks or tank cars. Already this has affected, for example, the Viking Instrument.
We stand now freight. Thursday morning Amorella left Turku on air cargo and this is reflected in the end of the year so that Finland is no longer a source of freight for the west. Freight customers, we have become the situation due to a lot of contacts.
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