Streik jääb ära: Kihnu Veeteed ja meremehed saivad kokkuleppele

Streik jääb ära: Kihnu Veeteed ja meremehed saivad kokkuleppele

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Strike called off: Kihnu Veeteed and seafarers reach agreement

Veel nädal tagasi oli Kihnu Veeteedel plaanis streikida.
Streik oleks maa ja saarte vahel.
Nüüd on streik jäänud ära, sest Eesti Meremeeste Sõltumatu Ametiühing (EMSA) ja Kihnu Veeteed .
Kokkuleppega jääb ära plaanitud streik, mis pidi algama 18. septembril.
Uue lepinguga pandi paika .
Töötajad saavad ka , mis võib olla kuni 5%.
Tõuseb ka ja alates 2028. aastast kasvavad koos Eesti keskmise palgaga.
EMSA esimees Jüri Lember ütles, et oluline on madruste töötasu, mis on umbes 1650 eurot.
10. septembril oli ametiühing veel streigi ettevalmistamise faasis.
Streik pidi algama 18. septembri südaööl.
Lember rõhutas, et streik ei ole kunagi eesmärk, vaid .
Uus kehtib kolm aastat või kuni Kihnu Veeteede praeguste laevaliinide teenindamise lõpuni.
Kui liinidele tuleb uus vedaja, lähevad enamik töötajaid tõenäoliselt .
EMSA on teinud ka .
See leping laieneks tulevikus ja ja .
Reisijate jaoks tähendab see, et .
Just a week ago, Kihnu Veeteed planned to go on strike.
The strike would have disrupted ship traffic between the mainland and islands.
Now the strike has been called off as the Estonian Seafarers' Independent Union (EMSA) and Kihnu Veeteed reached an agreement.
With the agreement, the planned strike that was set to begin on September 18th is cancelled.
The new agreement establishes employee wages.
Employees will also receive performance bonuses of up to 5%.
Meal allowances will increase, and starting from 2028, employee wages will grow along with the Estonian average wage.
EMSA chairman Jüri Lember stated that it's important for sailors' wages to be around 1650 euros.
On September 10th, the union was still in the strike preparation phase.
The strike was supposed to begin at midnight on September 18th.
Lember emphasized that a strike is never the goal, but rather the last resort.
The new collective agreement is valid for three years or until the end of service on Kihnu Veeteed's current ship routes.
If a new operator takes over the routes, most employees will likely move to the new employer.
EMSA has also proposed to conclude a sectoral collective agreement.
This agreement would in future be extended to ferry lines and regulate working hours and minimum wages.
For passengers, this means there will be no problems caused by the strike.