UAE: Wages further delayed to Alco Shipping workers as labour courts close under quarantine; incl. co. comments
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Date Reported: 15 Апр 2020
Местонахождение: Объединенные Арабские Эмираты
Компании
ALCO Shipping Services - EmployerЗатронуто
Total individuals affected: 5
Мигранты и рабочие-иммигранты: ( 5 - Азия и Тихоокеанский регион , Доставка , Gender not reported )Темы
Ограниченная мобильность , Право на питание , Нестабильные/неподходящие условия жизни , Принудительный труд , Личное здоровье , Кража зарплаты , Ограничение свободы передвиженияОтвет
Response sought: Yes, by Journalist
External link to response: (Find out more)
Принятые меры: "The company has reportedly been in financial difficult for three years, with the company representative stating that the workers would be paid when the ship is sold to raise the money. The crew has been dependent on charitable food aid. ""Closed courts and quarantine measures"" were cited as causing a delay to resolution. Extra pressure as a result of the coronavirus pandemic has meant food supplies are delayed getting to the crew, with the closure of the courts delaying resolution of the case. In January 2021 the abandoned ship became grounded on a beach and authorities are preparing to drag her into a port."
Вид источника: News outlet
"Coronavirus: Forgotten sailors stranded at sea face long wait to return home," 15 Apr 2020
Food, fuel and water is running out on the Panama flagged Mt Iba... belonging to Sharjah-based Alco Shipping...
Collectively, [the five crew] are owed $164,625 (Dh604,744) in outstanding pay dating back to 2017.
A deal was close to being agreed to auction the $5 million (Dh18m) vessel that would have covered crew salaries and repatriation costs.
Closed courts and quarantine measures have left the Mt Iba marooned at its anchorage almost four miles off Hamriya Port, just north of Dubai...
“We have been trying to sell the Iba for two years...
“As soon as the ship is sold, the crew will get their salaries” [said co. representative Waqar Ijaz Hasan].