DP World has continually ignored and violated the rights of dockworkers around the world.
Dubai-based port operator DP World has defended its decision not to negotiate with a workers’ union over the London Gateway.
The world’s third-largest port operator is facing international trade union action after officials from the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) representing dock workers voted last week to organise a global campaign to pressure DP World to engage in negotiations over trade union rights in a number of countries.
A global day of action is being organised for September.
ITF claims DP World is “systematically attempting to undermine the wages and working conditions of workers all over the world by engaging in anti-union behaviour”.
“This is not the way we expect, or can allow, an employer to behave in
the 21st century.”