Campaign on labour

A long running campaign against social dumping in the UK shipping industry returned with a protest targeting ferry-operator Condor in Portsmouth. Supported by both RMT and the International Transport Federation, the campaign to expose Condor Ferries is specifically over the “social dumping” of cheap, non-EU labour which the unions said made a “complete mockery” of both UK and European Union employment rights. Condor Ferries have been accused of ducking rules and regulations supposed to stop exploitation and to be paying seagoing staff £2.35 per hour – well below the UK minimum wage. Condor operates a ferry service between Portsmouth and the Channel Islands.