Tallink workers strike over low pay

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Tallink workers strike over low pay

Aug 06, 2008
From wire reports

UNLINKED: Visitor from Finland could have a hard time getting cheap beer this October if a planned strike goes ahead.

TALLINN - Employees of Tallink, Estonia’s largest ferry company, went on a warning strike Aug. 4 to protest wage inequality. Union leaders say that if their demands aren’t met, they will launch a full strike in September. “There is a 20- to 200-percent difference in salaries for people [doing] the same job,” explained Kaia Vask, leader of the Estonian Seamen’s Independent Union (EMSA) to Postimees. The salary negotiations between EMSA and Tallink began in November 2007. So far, Tallink has mad ...

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