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Crew of replica ship fight to get their wages

12 June 2009

The ITF has stepped in to help the crew of a state-owned replica ship berthed in Dublin, Ireland retrieve their unpaid wages. The four crew are owed €20,000 from RiverCruise Ireland, which held the contract to operate the Jeanie Johnston until last October. The three-masted barque is a replica of a ship built in 1847, which carried 2,500 Irish Famine victims to North America.

ITF inspector Ken Fleming said he had been trying to secure the pay arrears since April. "I am now appealing to the Minister for Transport, Noel Dempsey, to intervene."

The ITF’s solicitors have written to the owners, the Dublin Docklands Development Authority, to warn that the ITF will seek a court order to have the vessel seized and sold if necessary to secure the outstanding wages.

Ken Fleming said: "It would be ironic if a vessel built to commemorate the Famine was itself to be mired in a legal action to secure something as basic as the crew’s right to be paid their wages.”

PROBLEMS WITH PAY?
Are you having problems with getting your pay in full? If you are, this could be a sign that your company is in economic trouble. You should contact your union or the ITF directly as soon as possible to protect your wages and employment.

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