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international | rights, freedoms and repression | other press Tuesday November 28, 2006 18:21 by anon

ITF looking for €200,000 back pay for ship crew

Ken Fleming, Inspector with the International Transport Workers' Federation, speaks about what is next for the 22 underpaid crew of the Merchant Bravery freight ship

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The ITF has gathered evidence that 'double bookkeeping' was employed on the vessel, operated by Maersk subsidiary Norfolk Line between between Heysham and Dublin, and is acting to recover all the crews' wages and report its findings to the appropriate maritime authorities.