France makes job-saving offer to end Calais port stand-off
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http://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/france-makes-job-saving-offer-to-end-calais-port-stand-off/
The French government unveiled proposals to save
hundreds of local ferry jobs and end a dispute at
the northern port of Calais that has disrupted
traffic through the Channel Tunnel for weeks.
Some 500 workers at ferry service MyFerryLink
have blocked the port and sometimes the tunnel
itself in a protest at job cuts after their
company, previously owned by Eurotunnel, was sold to Denmark’s DFDS.
The dispute has added to public order concerns in
Calais, where thousands of migrants from Africa
and the Middle East have gathered in the hope of
jumping trucks to get to Britain.
The Transport Ministry proposals include a
commitment by Eurotunnel to establish a ferry
charter contract that will save 150 jobs. DFDS
will also hire 230 MyferryLink workers and the
ministry said it would seek local employment
options for remaining workers within three months.
It added that the proposals were on the table
until a July 27 meeting at which the parties
involved would be asked to accept them in full or
reject the deal. However, trade union reaction was guarded.
“The proposals are a starting base, our legal
experts are going to work on them,” union
official Eric Vercoutre told Reuters by
telephone. He said MyFerryLink workers would wait
until Monday to give a formal reply to the government.
Eurotunnel had no immediate comment on the
government plan. A spokesman for Copenhagen-based
DFDS confirmed it had been invited to discussions
and said it would participate “with a constructive attitude”.
The protests and disruptions to Channel Tunnel
traffic have created major jams on both sides of
the English Channel in recent weeks, often giving
an opportunity to migrants fleeing war, political
turmoil and poverty to board lorries and trains
heading to Britain where they hope to find work or claim asylum.
At least four people have also died in and around
the tunnel since the end of June.
Local charities told Reuters that around 3,000
migrants were currently living in makeshift camps
in and around Calais. Other sources say the figure could be closer to 5,000.
Eurotunnel said on Wednesday it wanted the French
and British governments to reimburse it for close
to 10 million euros (£7 million) it has had to spend to beef up security.
Currently DFDS operates two ferries between Dover
and Calais and three ferries between Dover and Dunkirk.
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