St. Kitts Shipping Association questions stevedore proposals
Officials from the St. Kitts Shipping Association are questioning the viability of a proposal from stevedores that would base the pay of longshore workers on the volume of cargo handled.
The Stevedoring Association of St. Kitts has proposed a shift from hourly wages for stevedores to pay based on cargo volumes, leading to a stevedore strike that started Nov. 2.
According to a report in the St. Kitts newspaper The Democrat, shipping association officials believe there is no justification for switching to a volume-based pay plan.
'We live in a day when stevedores are not doing heavy lifting,' said shipping association President Donald Kelsick. 'Therefore, there is no connection to what the human is doing and the weight.'
St. Kitts Shipping Association questions stevedore proposals
