During a meeting with the national conciliator, the management of mini-cruises and passenger travel company Tallink proposed to trade union leaders a seven-year salary agreement tied to inflation and average wage growth. The union's chair said a salary settlement was possible, but Tallink's intention to amend the staffing contract that increases the workload of employees, was a major impediment. According to the proposal negotiated by a public conciliator, Tallink will equate the 2023 wage increase with the inflation in the period 2020 - 2022. The Estonian Seamen's Independent Union (EMSA), which organized a warning strike at Tallink on January 16, has previously said that it seeks a 17.5% average pay increase for service workers and a 22.5% average pay increase for technical staff. The head of EMSA said that an agreement on wage increases may be close.
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