In the 12 weeks in a row has workers from Malaysia, India, The philippines and China worked 84 hour business weeks – and it luselønn. It writes Finansavisen (subscription required), citing bransjebladet building Industry.
Terms and conditions for the foreign workers are heavily criticized, including by the Norwegian LO-related Industry Energy, enter the Building on.
LO the system now requires that the AF Group pulls out of the project.
the Client is Heerema-AF Gruppen Consortium Murchison, which is a collaboration between Heerema Marine Contractors Nederland SE (HMC) and AF Decom Offshore the U. K. Ltd. The latter is a subsidiary of the Norwegian AF Group.
the Partnership was established to drive the disassembly of the british oljeplattformen Murchison. The work started in the last year, and will continue until 2020.
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the Magazine Industry have talked with several of the workers, that tells of the harsh working conditions and very low wages. 45 dollars is the salary for a full working day, which amounts to 31 dollars an hour, when work days stretch to 12 hours.
– I know well how to Heerema operates. They go into negotiations with the Dutch trade union Nautilus, but obstructing forhandlingsrundene all the way until the project is done. On the way drawstring they are away from work and collective agreements for workers from the third world, ” says Åge Bærheim in Manufacturing Energy for the Building.
the Contract, which was signed in 2014, has a total value of nok 700 million for the AF Group alone, reports the Norwegian company on its own website.
Industry Energy fear similar conditions on the Norwegian continental shelf, when the removal of several oil platforms to be started soon.
They invite the authorities to investigate the Norwegian-Dutch cooperation.
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deny that there have been violations
AF Group is not familiar with either breaches of regulations or collective agreements, writes Finansavisen.
director of Communications, Wibecke Brusdal writes in an e-mail to the newspaper that the partners in a consortium is an independent company with the necessary approvals within their area of work.
“the Companies have sole and full responsibility for the results of the work they perform, including to ensure that the wages and working conditions are in accordance with the laws and regulations that apply in the markets they operate”, type Brusdal, and add to that the AF Group imposes strict requirements for both health, safety, and the environment.
“AF expects that also samarbeidpartnernes wages and working conditions are in line with applicable laws and regulations in the operating markets”.
Brusdal emphasizes that the AF Group expects that the regulatory framework is followed.
“We are not aware that there are documented violations of regulations or collective agreements that HMC is governed by the’ .
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