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(UNION HEADED PAPER)
José Eduardo de Barros Datra
Presidente de Petrobras
Fax: + 55 61 3224 3838
Email: assessordireto@petrobras.com.br
Dear Sir
Dispute between CONTTMAF, Brazil and Petrobras SA
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) has informed us of serious difficulties encountered by the Confederaçao Nacional dos Trabalhadores em Transportes Aquaviarios e Aereos, na Pesca e nos Portos (CONTTMAF) in concluding collective agreements with Petrobras SA and its subsidiary company, Transpetro and that the companies have been discriminating for a number of years against their seafarer employees by giving better pay and social conditions to similar shore-based employees.
I am writing on behalf of ( YOUR UNION ) to protest strongly at the actions of Petrobras and Transpetro in discriminating against seafarers. We understand seafarers’ profit sharing remuneration is substantially less than that paid to similar shore personnel. As these matters are covered under Brazilian law it is difficult to understand how this absurd situation should arise and consequently seafarers’ frustration has lead to industrial action by CONTTMAF.
We urge you take action to correct this anomaly and to bring a prompt and equitable conclusion to the strike action taken by seafarers.
The ( YOUR UNION ) sincerely hopes this situation can be resolved rapidly in the interests of industrial peace and social justice for seafarers.
Yours sincerely
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