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يجب تعبئة الحقول ذات العلامة * الاسم* Position المنظمة* Country* Please select Afganistan Albania Algeria Andorra Angola Antigua & Barbuda Argentina Armenia Aruba Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia Bonaire Bosnia-Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Brunei Darussalam Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burma Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Chile China, People's Republic of Colombia Comoros Congo Congo DR Cook Islands Costa Rica Croatia Cuba Curaçao Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic East Timor Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Falkland Islands Faroe Islands Fiji Finland France French Polynesia FYR Macedonia Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Great Britain Greece Grenada Guadeloupe Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hong Kong, China Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Ivory Coast Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Korea Kosovo Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macau Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mayotte Island Mexico Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Montserrat Morocco Mozambique Namibia Nepal Netherlands Netherlands Antilles New Caledonia New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Palestine Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Reunion Romania Russia Rwanda Saint-Pierre et Miquelon Samoa San Marino Sao Tome and Principe Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovak Republic Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa Spain Sri Lanka St. Christopher and Nevis St. Helena St. Lucia St. Maarten St. Vincent and the Grenadines Sudan Surinam Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syrian Arab Republic Tahiti Taiwan, China Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates Uruguay USA Uzbekistan Vanuatu Vatican Venezuela Vietnam West Bank & Gaza Western Sahara Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe البريد الالكتروني* Letter content* Kazuo Takigawa, President Dowa Line Shipping DOWA LINE BLDG., 37-5, Nishi-Shinbashi 2-Chome, Minato-Ku, Tokyo, 105-0003 Japan Hiromi Akasaka, Dowa Line America Co. Ltd., The Dowa Building, 476 Hudson Terrace, Englewood Cliffs, N.J. 07632 U.S.A. Dear Sirs, I/we are writing to express our solidarity with the All Japan Seamen’s Union (JSU) in their struggle to improve the conditions of seafarers working on board Dowa vessels. We share in their deep concern that vessels owned and operated by your company are not covered by any internationally recognized labour agreements. Dowa’s reluctance to negotiate with the JSU seems to be in stark contrast with the vast majority of Japanese owner/operators flying flags of convenience (FOCs). We understand that 85% of FOC ships owned/operated in Japan are covered by ITF approved agreements guaranteeing minimum standards for their crews. Unfortunately it would appear that Dowa Line is in danger of undermining the principles of social dialogue and creating unfair competition through reduced standards. We believe that in order maintain fair global trade it is essential to construct international relations and ensure that seafarers benefit from acceptable labour standards throughout the maritime industry. We urge you to reconsider your position and enter into discussions with the JSU without delay. Yours sincerely,   أرسل نسخة لي

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