{"id":99811,"date":"2022-07-21T15:39:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-21T13:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edu.danwatch.dk\/?post_type=undersgelse&#038;p=99811"},"modified":"2023-02-24T09:53:21","modified_gmt":"2023-02-24T08:53:21","slug":"maersk-employees-in-liberia-work-in-highly-problematic-conditions","status":"publish","type":"undersgelse","link":"https:\/\/edu.danwatch.dk\/en\/undersoegelse\/maersk-employees-in-liberia-work-in-highly-problematic-conditions\/","title":{"rendered":"Maersk employees in Liberia work in highly problematic conditions"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"99811\" class=\"elementor elementor-99811\" data-elementor-post-type=\"undersgelse\">\n\t\t\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36f81dc e-con-full e-ecs-flex e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"36f81dc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" 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class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-91412f7 animated-fast dw-und-trumpet elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"91412f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">En Danwatch-unders\u00f8gelse<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e1093db overskrift-negativ elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e1093db\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Maersk employees in Liberia work in highly problematic conditions<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fe5318d e-ecs-flex e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"fe5318d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ecs_container_type&quot;:&quot;flex&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c2b1d33 e-con-full e-ecs-flex e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c2b1d33\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ecs_container_type&quot;:&quot;flex&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-710dae1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-template\" data-id=\"710dae1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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class=\"elementor-testimonial\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tIn 2010, Maersk's port company APM Terminals was awarded a 25-year contract for the sole responsibility of port operations in Liberia's capital Monrovia. The port is one of West Africa's largest and one of the country's most important forms of infrastructure.\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDanwatch and Ekstra Bladet travelled to Monrovia to investigate how Maersk runs port operations in one of the world's poorest countries.\nWe have talked to a large number of current and former employees, and fourteen of them have now come forward to speak up about the condemning work conditions.\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAs Maersk delivers one record financial report after another, employees tell of lung and eye disease, a futile health insurance that prevents them from getting adequate help, and the systematic harassment of union members.\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDanwatch and Ekstra Bladet have obtained documents showing that in several cases APM Terminals have been convicted of illegalities in the Liberian National Labour Court.\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe trade union 3F, who serve Danish dock workers, occupational medicine experts, and local politicians criticise Maersk for not ensuring sound working conditions.\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMaersk did not wish to be interviewed by Danwatch and Ekstra Bladet, but acknowledges that there is a \"discrepancy\" with APM Terminals in Liberia. However, they denied several of the more specific criticisms.\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-swiper-button elementor-swiper-button-prev\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Previous\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"eicon-chevron-left\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-swiper-button elementor-swiper-button-next\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Next\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"eicon-chevron-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-pagination\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c753f61 dw-und-content e-ecs-flex e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2c753f61\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ecs_container_type&quot;:&quot;flex&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-17f52061 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"17f52061\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>MONROVIA &#8211; When it was built in 1960, the Ducor Hotel in Liberia&#8217;s capital, Monrovia, was the most luxurious hotel in Africa.\u00a0Five stars, eight floors, 106 rooms, a pool, tennis courts, a bar, a French restaurant and, of course, the right kind of guests.<\/p><p>It is said that Uganda&#8217;s long-serving president Idi Amin once swam in the pool while holding a gun in his hand. Today, almost twenty years after the end of Liberia&#8217;s second civil war, the hotel remains as a looted ruin.<\/p><p>Only the phenomenal view from the hotel is left preserved.<\/p><p>From the top floor of the hotel the view sweeps for miles.<\/p><p>To the west, lies the rolling expanse of the Atlantic. To the east, you can see The Executive Mansion, the office of President George Weah, and the milk-white buildings of the United Nations. To the north, are the canyons of West Point, one of Monrovia&#8217;s densely packed slums, and further out to the horizon is\u00a0The Freeport of Monrovia, the capital&#8217;s major port, where three large container ships are docked on a humid afternoon in late May.<\/p><p>Down at the port, Ballah Kpadeh works. A\u00a0short man in his mid-40s with large sunglasses glued on his face.<\/p><p>He is employed as\u00a0a truck driver for Maersk&#8217;s port company APM Terminals, which in 2010 was awarded a lucrative 25-year contract to operate the Freeport of Monrovia.<\/p><p>Danwatch and Ekstra Bladet met with Ballah Kpadeh and a number of his current and former colleagues in Monrovia, while investigating how Maersk runs port operations in one of the world&#8217;s poorest countries.<\/p><p>We have documents proving systematic wage issues and dismissals that are in violation of Liberia&#8217;s labour laws.<\/p><p>In addition,\u00a0seven current and seven former Maersk employees have chosen to come forward with their stories, about substantial cement dust contamination, futile health insurance and the harassment of employees involved with the union.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-35f985ba dw-und-right-column e-ecs-flex e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"35f985ba\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ecs_container_type&quot;:&quot;flex&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c8bbac elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"3c8bbac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<iframe title=\"[ Insert title here ]\" aria-label=\"Locator maps\" id=\"datawrapper-chart-K9raC\" src=\"https:\/\/datawrapper.dwcdn.net\/K9raC\/5\/\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"width: 0; min-width: 100% !important; border: none;\" height=\"273\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">!function(){\"use strict\";window.addEventListener(\"message\",(function(e){if(void 0!==e.data[\"datawrapper-height\"]){var t=document.querySelectorAll(\"iframe\");for(var a in e.data[\"datawrapper-height\"])for(var r=0;r<t.length;r++){if(t[r].contentWindow===e.source)t[r].style.height=e.data[\"datawrapper-height\"][a]+\"px\"}}}))}();\n<\/script>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-16e9b4d6 e-con-full dw-und-image--full-width e-ecs-flex e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"16e9b4d6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ecs_container_type&quot;:&quot;flex&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40e099e3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"40e099e3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/edu.danwatch.dk\/dw-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/Liberia-projekt_82-2-qse7aka9zhzp8mgsi5wx4vw1mt5z32ab5mubhe21hs.jpg\" title=\"Liberia projekt de endelig redi\n\nHer er det:\" alt=\"Liberia projekt de endelig redi\n\nHer er det:\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">In 2010, Maersk's port company APM Terminals was awarded a 25-year contract for the sole responsibility of port operations in Liberia's capital Monrovia. The port is one of West Africa's largest and one of the country's most important forms of infrastructure.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3824a28 dw-und-section e-ecs-flex e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3824a28\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ecs_container_type&quot;:&quot;flex&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d109b0 dw-und-left-column e-ecs-flex e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8d109b0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ecs_container_type&quot;:&quot;flex&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dfdaf76 dw-und-fakta elementor-widget elementor-widget-toggle\" data-id=\"dfdaf76\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"toggle.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 id=\"elementor-tab-title-2341\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2341\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Who are APM Terminals<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2341\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2341\"><ul><li><p>APM Terminals is 100 percent owned by Maersk A.P. M\u00f8ller &#8211; Maersk.<\/p><\/li><li><p>In February this year, the group made a record profit in Danmark of 118 billion Danish Krone after tax.<\/p><\/li><li><p>Never before has a Danish company yielded such great results.<\/p><\/li><li><p>A.P. M\u00f8ller &#8211; Maersk employs more than 80,000 people in over 80 countries.<\/p><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0d2a836 dw-und-content e-ecs-flex e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0d2a836\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ecs_container_type&quot;:&quot;flex&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f97d7ef elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f97d7ef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>&#8220;APM Terminals make a lot of money from running the port, but they don&#8217;t care about us workers who do the actual work,&#8221; says Ballah Kpadeh, who is also a union representative for the port workers.<\/p><p>Danwatch and Ekstra Bladet have presented the port workers situation to Karsten Kristensen, vice-president of 3F Transport, who serve Danish port workers.<\/p><p>He describes the conditions at the port of Monrovia as &#8220;appalling&#8221;.<\/p><p>&#8220;It&#8217;s shameful. Maersk knows how to treat its employees. We can clarly see that in Denmark, but abroad they are operating at the lowest common denominator. It is disappointing to see&#8221;, he tells Danwatch and Ekstra Bladet.<\/p><p>Maersk did not wish to be interviewed by Danwatch and Ekstra Bladet, but acknowledges that there are &#8220;discrepancies&#8221; at APM Terminals in Liberia.<\/p><p>However, they rejected several of the more specific criticisms.<\/p><p>In an email, press officer Signe Wagner writes:<\/p><p>&#8220;At Maersk, we are aware that there have been disputes in the port of Monrovia and we are cooperating with the unions and authorities to resolve them,&#8221; she writes.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c99cfb dw-und-right-column e-ecs-flex e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3c99cfb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ecs_container_type&quot;:&quot;flex&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9d224a0 e-con-full dw-und-image--full-width e-ecs-flex e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9d224a0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ecs_container_type&quot;:&quot;flex&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-08783c7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"08783c7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/edu.danwatch.dk\/dw-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/Ballah-Kpadeh-43-a\u030ar-ansat-som-truckfoerer-qse6zmfwfx0k40cvdxo8m59wqd36hvurzhhveg9zww.jpg\" title=\"Ballah Kpadeh, 43 \u00e5r, ansat som truckf\u00f8rer\" alt=\"\u201cAPM Terminals tjener mange penge p\u00e5 at drive havnen, men de er ligeglade med os ansatte, der udf\u00f8rer selve arbejdet\u201d\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">\"We are prepared to die for better working conditions. Our people deserve better.\" Ballah Kpadeh, 43.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a0c70d dw-und-section e-ecs-flex e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3a0c70d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ecs_container_type&quot;:&quot;flex&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-928a7ad dw-und-left-column e-ecs-flex e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"928a7ad\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ecs_container_type&quot;:&quot;flex&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8b70f8c dw-und-content e-ecs-flex e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8b70f8c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ecs_container_type&quot;:&quot;flex&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a8ed39 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3a8ed39\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Long-lasting problems<\/h2><p>The port of Monrovia is by far Liberia&#8217;s most important form of infrastructure.<\/p><p>&#8220;The Gateway to Our Economy,&#8221; reads a sign at its heavily guarded entrance.<\/p><p>Behind the green walls that separate the port area from one of the capital&#8217;s busy access roads, container ships arrive and depart in a constant stream.<\/p><p>Rice, electronics, oil and building materials, are shipped in while rubber, iron ore, palm oil and timber are shipped out.<\/p><p>These problems at the port did not arise overnight.<\/p><p>In March 2018, employees walked off the job frustrated with their working conditions.<\/p><p>They were angry about wide-ranging issues, including a lack of pay rises and a reduction to their health insurance.<\/p><p>A year and a half later, in September 2019, several of the workers who were on strike were fired which was in direct violation of Liberia&#8217;s labour bill, Decent Work Act 2015<\/p><p>This is stated in documents sent to APM Terminals Liberia from the Ministry of Labour, which Danwatch and Ekstra Bladet have obtained.<\/p><p>And a year later, in September 2020, a large group of workers &#8211; supported by the Dock Workers Union of Liberia (DOWUL) &#8211; went on a three-day strike in protest over issues including their pay and health insurance.<\/p><p>This incident led to the DOWUL union, the Ministry of Labour and APM Terminals Liberia signing an agreement\u00a0&#8211; the first step towards ending the unrest at the port.<\/p><p>But today, ten months after signing the agreement, employees are calling for tangible action.<\/p><p>Their working conditions are still deeply unsatisfactory, according to those who met with Danwatch and Ekstra Bladet in Monrovia.<\/p><p>&#8220;At most, there has been a 0.5 percent improvement, nothing more. All our problems still persist&#8221;, says Ballah Kpadeh<\/p><h2>&#8220;I&#8217;d rather be a free, hungry man than a slave&#8221;<\/h2><p>By the end of 2021, Soko Kromah had had enough.<\/p><p>Danwatch and Ekstra Bladet met with him in his home, just a few dark rooms above a small shop selling biscuits and mobile data.<\/p><p>The ceiling hangs in tatters and drips with condensation.\u00a0It&#8217;s the wet season and the air is so thick you can cut it with a knife.<\/p><p>The room&#8217;s stone floor is bordered by a rusty freezer, cans of cooking oil and a stack of Monrovia Brewery cases.<\/p><p>45-year-old Soko Kromah lives in New Kru Town, a township on Bushrod Island, north of Monrovia&#8217;s city centre.<\/p><p>In 2014, the island was devastated by the Ebola epidemic.\u00a0People were holed up in their homes while international medical teams went from house to house collecting infected people for treatment.<\/p><p>Now the streets are full of cars, motorcycles and\u00a0kekehs, Liberia&#8217;s electrically-powered rickshaws, all constantly honking, and swerving to avoid the huge puddles which have appeared from the thunder storms during the night.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-add6643 dw-und-right-column e-ecs-flex e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"add6643\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ecs_container_type&quot;:&quot;flex&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c499aa dw-und-fakta dw-und-fakta--stor e-con-full e-ecs-flex e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0c499aa\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;ecs_container_type&quot;:&quot;flex&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a4fa764 e-con-full e-ecs-flex e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a4fa764\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ecs_container_type&quot;:&quot;flex&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ee24ee3 dw-und-fakta__heading max-w--1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ee24ee3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-large\">Maersk employees have had enough\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ecbffbe dw-und-fakta__summary max-w--1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ecbffbe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Danwatch and Ekstra Bladet have met several current and former employees at the port of Monrovia. 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Meet them here.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-328573ec ee-grid-align--top elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit ee-gallery-slider--left ee-gallery-slider--stack-tablet elementor-widget elementor-widget-gallery-slider\" data-id=\"328573ec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;effect&quot;:&quot;fade&quot;,&quot;thumbnails_carousel&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;carousel_slides_per_view&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;carousel_slides_per_view_tablet&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;carousel_slides_per_view_mobile&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;carousel_slides_per_column&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;carousel_slides_per_column_tablet&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;carousel_slides_per_column_mobile&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;carousel_spacing&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:15,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;show_thumbnails&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;carousel_orientation&quot;:&quot;horizontal&quot;,&quot;carousel_spacing_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:12,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;carousel_spacing_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:6,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;carousel_resistance&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:0.25,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;carousel_speed&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:500,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;direction&quot;:&quot;ltr&quot;,&quot;infinite&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;speed&quot;:1000,&quot;resistance&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:0.25,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"gallery-slider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ee-gallery-slider\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ee-gallery-slider__preview ee-swiper\" dir=\"ltr\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ee-gallery-slider__slider-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ee-swiper__container swiper ee-gallery-slider__slider ee-media-align--bottom ee-media-align--left ee-media-effect__content--fade-out\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-wrapper ee-swiper__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ee-slider__slide ee-swiper__slide swiper-slide\">\n\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"ee-media ee-slider__media ee-swiper__slide__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ee-media__wrapper ee-slider__media-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ee-media__thumbnail ee-slider__media__thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\u201cVi har ingen beskyttelse, n\u00e5r vi g\u00e5r og arbejder i cementst\u00f8v. Vi har vores sko, uniform og hjelm, men ingen ordentlige briller eller masker\u201d\" src=\"https:\/\/edu.danwatch.dk\/dw-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Momo-Sambola-34-a\u030ar-ansat-som-mekaniker3-scaled-1.jpg\" class=\"ee-media__thumbnail__image\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ee-media__content ee-slider__media__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"ee-caption ee-media__content__caption ee-slider__media__caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ee-caption__title\">Momo Sambola, 34 \u00e5r, ansat som mekaniker<\/div><div class=\"ee-caption__caption\">\u201cVi har ingen beskyttelse, n\u00e5r vi g\u00e5r og arbejder i cementst\u00f8v. Vi har vores sko, uniform og hjelm, men ingen ordentlige briller eller masker\u201d<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"ee-slider__slide ee-swiper__slide swiper-slide\">\n\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"ee-media ee-slider__media ee-swiper__slide__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ee-media__wrapper ee-slider__media-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ee-media__thumbnail ee-slider__media__thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\u201cDet er sv\u00e6rt at f\u00e5 pengene til at r\u00e6kke efter, jeg har sagt op. Men jeg vil hellere v\u00e6re en fri, sulten mand end en slave\u201d.\" src=\"https:\/\/edu.danwatch.dk\/dw-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Soko-Kromah-45-a\u030ar-ansat-som-truckfoerer-fra-2011-til-december-2021-scaled-1.jpg\" class=\"ee-media__thumbnail__image\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ee-media__content ee-slider__media__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"ee-caption ee-media__content__caption ee-slider__media__caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ee-caption__title\">Soko Kromah, 45 \u00e5r, ansat som truckf\u00f8rer fra 2011 til december 2021<\/div><div class=\"ee-caption__caption\">\u201cDet er sv\u00e6rt at f\u00e5 pengene til at r\u00e6kke efter, jeg har sagt op. Men jeg vil hellere v\u00e6re en fri, sulten mand end en slave\u201d.<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"ee-slider__slide ee-swiper__slide swiper-slide\">\n\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"ee-media ee-slider__media ee-swiper__slide__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ee-media__wrapper ee-slider__media-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ee-media__thumbnail ee-slider__media__thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\u201cArbejdet p\u00e5 havnen har \u00f8delagt mit liv. Jeg kan ikke l\u00e6ngere g\u00e5. Mine b\u00f8rn m\u00e5 l\u00f8fte mig ud af sengen og p\u00e5 toilettet\u201d\" src=\"https:\/\/edu.danwatch.dk\/dw-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/James-Johnson-60-a\u030ar-ansat-som-truckfoerer-fra-2011-til-2015-scaled-1.jpg\" class=\"ee-media__thumbnail__image\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ee-media__content ee-slider__media__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"ee-caption ee-media__content__caption ee-slider__media__caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ee-caption__title\">James Johnson, 60 \u00e5r, ansat som truckf\u00f8rer fra 2011 til 2015<\/div><div class=\"ee-caption__caption\">\u201cArbejdet p\u00e5 havnen har \u00f8delagt mit liv. Jeg kan ikke l\u00e6ngere g\u00e5. Mine b\u00f8rn m\u00e5 l\u00f8fte mig ud af sengen og p\u00e5 toilettet\u201d<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"ee-slider__slide ee-swiper__slide swiper-slide\">\n\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"ee-media ee-slider__media ee-swiper__slide__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ee-media__wrapper ee-slider__media-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ee-media__thumbnail ee-slider__media__thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\u201cMin kone bad mig om at forlade APM Terminals. Presset blev for stort. Hun begyndte at f\u00e5 anonyme opkald, hvor hun fik besked p\u00e5 at f\u00e5 mig til at forlade fagforeningen\u201d\" src=\"https:\/\/edu.danwatch.dk\/dw-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/David-Saytonneh-44-a\u030ar-ansat-som-supervisor-fra-2011-og-20202-scaled-1.jpg\" class=\"ee-media__thumbnail__image\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ee-media__content ee-slider__media__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"ee-caption ee-media__content__caption ee-slider__media__caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ee-caption__title\">David Saytonneh, 44 \u00e5r, ansat som supervisor fra 2011 og 2020<\/div><div class=\"ee-caption__caption\">\u201cMin kone bad mig om at forlade APM Terminals. Presset blev for stort. Hun begyndte at f\u00e5 anonyme opkald, hvor hun fik besked p\u00e5 at f\u00e5 mig til at forlade fagforeningen\u201d<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"ee-slider__slide ee-swiper__slide swiper-slide\">\n\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"ee-media ee-slider__media ee-swiper__slide__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ee-media__wrapper ee-slider__media-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ee-media__thumbnail ee-slider__media__thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\u201cLedelsen g\u00e5r m\u00e5lrettet efter en, hvis man r\u00e5ber op. Men vi er n\u00f8dt til at g\u00f8re det, hvis der skal ske \u00e6ndringer\u201d\" src=\"https:\/\/edu.danwatch.dk\/dw-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Eva-Dorbor-38-a\u030ar-ansat-som-kontormedarbejder-scaled-1.jpg\" class=\"ee-media__thumbnail__image\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ee-media__content ee-slider__media__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"ee-caption ee-media__content__caption ee-slider__media__caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ee-caption__title\">Eva Dorbor, 38 \u00e5r, ansat som kontormedarbejder<\/div><div class=\"ee-caption__caption\">\u201cLedelsen g\u00e5r m\u00e5lrettet efter en, hvis man r\u00e5ber op. Men vi er n\u00f8dt til at g\u00f8re det, hvis der skal ske \u00e6ndringer\u201d<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"ee-slider__slide ee-swiper__slide swiper-slide\">\n\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"ee-media ee-slider__media ee-swiper__slide__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ee-media__wrapper ee-slider__media-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ee-media__thumbnail ee-slider__media__thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\u201cAPM Terminals tjener mange penge p\u00e5 at drive havnen, men de er ligeglade med os ansatte, der udf\u00f8rer selve arbejdet\u201d\" src=\"https:\/\/edu.danwatch.dk\/dw-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Ballah-Kpadeh-43-a\u030ar-ansat-som-truckfoerer-scaled-1.jpg\" class=\"ee-media__thumbnail__image\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ee-media__content ee-slider__media__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"ee-caption ee-media__content__caption ee-slider__media__caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ee-caption__title\">Ballah Kpadeh, 43 \u00e5r, ansat som truckf\u00f8rer<\/div><div class=\"ee-caption__caption\">\u201cAPM Terminals tjener mange penge p\u00e5 at drive havnen, men de er ligeglade med os ansatte, der udf\u00f8rer selve arbejdet\u201d<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"ee-slider__slide ee-swiper__slide swiper-slide\">\n\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"ee-media ee-slider__media ee-swiper__slide__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ee-media__wrapper ee-slider__media-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ee-media__thumbnail ee-slider__media__thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\u201cAPM Terminals s\u00f8rger ikke for ordentlig l\u00e6gehj\u00e6lp. Selv drikker jeg et glas m\u00e6lk hver aften. Det p\u00e5 irritationen i mine lunger efter en dag i cementst\u00f8vet\u201d\" src=\"https:\/\/edu.danwatch.dk\/dw-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Alexander-Vinton-42-a\u030ar-ansat-som-kranfoerer2-scaled-1.jpg\" class=\"ee-media__thumbnail__image\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ee-media__content ee-slider__media__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"ee-caption ee-media__content__caption ee-slider__media__caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ee-caption__title\">Alexander Vinton, 42 \u00e5r, ansat som kranf\u00f8rer<\/div><div class=\"ee-caption__caption\">\u201cAPM Terminals s\u00f8rger ikke for ordentlig l\u00e6gehj\u00e6lp. Selv drikker jeg et glas m\u00e6lk hver aften. Det p\u00e5 irritationen i mine lunger efter en dag i cementst\u00f8vet\u201d<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"ee-slider__slide ee-swiper__slide swiper-slide\">\n\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"ee-media ee-slider__media ee-swiper__slide__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ee-media__wrapper ee-slider__media-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ee-media__thumbnail ee-slider__media__thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\u201cDa jeg kom hjem, br\u00e6ndte mine \u00f8jne om natten. Jeg stod op og vaskede mine \u00f8jne med vand, men det forts\u00e6tte med at br\u00e6nde\u201d\" src=\"https:\/\/edu.danwatch.dk\/dw-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/James-Koffa-Wolova-38-a\u030ar-ansat-som-terminaloperatoer-scaled-1.jpg\" class=\"ee-media__thumbnail__image\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ee-media__content ee-slider__media__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"ee-caption ee-media__content__caption ee-slider__media__caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ee-caption__title\">James Koffa Wolova, 38 \u00e5r, ansat som terminaloperat\u00f8r<\/div><div class=\"ee-caption__caption\">\u201cDa jeg kom hjem, br\u00e6ndte mine \u00f8jne om natten. Jeg stod op og vaskede mine \u00f8jne med vand, men det forts\u00e6tte med at br\u00e6nde\u201d<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"ee-slider__slide ee-swiper__slide swiper-slide\">\n\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"ee-media ee-slider__media ee-swiper__slide__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ee-media__wrapper ee-slider__media-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ee-media__thumbnail ee-slider__media__thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\u201cJeg advarede flere gange ledelsen om cementst\u00f8vsforureningen. Men de ignorerede det hver gang\u201d\" src=\"https:\/\/edu.danwatch.dk\/dw-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/UDVALGT-HARRIET.jpg\" class=\"ee-media__thumbnail__image\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ee-media__content ee-slider__media__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"ee-caption ee-media__content__caption ee-slider__media__caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ee-caption__title\">Harriet Joan Wahblo, 36 \u00e5r, ansat som sundheds- og sikkerhedsadministrator fra 2013 til 2019<\/div><div class=\"ee-caption__caption\">\u201cJeg advarede flere gange ledelsen om cementst\u00f8vsforureningen. Men de ignorerede det hver gang\u201d<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"ee-slider__slide ee-swiper__slide swiper-slide\">\n\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"ee-media ee-slider__media ee-swiper__slide__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ee-media__wrapper ee-slider__media-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ee-media__thumbnail ee-slider__media__thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\u201cJeg ved, at jeg bliver syg af at g\u00e5 p\u00e5 arbejde, men hvad kan jeg g\u00f8re? APM Terminals har monopol p\u00e5 havnen, s\u00e5 jeg kan ikke bare g\u00e5 ud og f\u00e5 et andet arbejde\u201d\" src=\"https:\/\/edu.danwatch.dk\/dw-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Akoi-Sumo-Jr.48-a\u030ar-ansat-som-cargo-inspektoer-scaled-1.jpg\" class=\"ee-media__thumbnail__image\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ee-media__content ee-slider__media__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"ee-caption ee-media__content__caption ee-slider__media__caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ee-caption__title\">Akoi Sumo Jr., 48 \u00e5r, ansat som cargo-inspekt\u00f8r<\/div><div class=\"ee-caption__caption\">\u201cJeg ved, at jeg bliver syg af at g\u00e5 p\u00e5 arbejde, men hvad kan jeg g\u00f8re? APM Terminals har monopol p\u00e5 havnen, s\u00e5 jeg kan ikke bare g\u00e5 ud og f\u00e5 et andet arbejde\u201d<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"ee-slider__slide ee-swiper__slide swiper-slide\">\n\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"ee-media ee-slider__media ee-swiper__slide__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ee-media__wrapper ee-slider__media-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ee-media__thumbnail ee-slider__media__thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\u201cMine b\u00f8rn g\u00e5r ikke l\u00e6ngere i skole, fordi jeg ikke har haft r\u00e5d til at betale for det. Tidligere fik vi et glas vand, nu f\u00e5r vi et halvt\u201d\" src=\"https:\/\/edu.danwatch.dk\/dw-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Wleh-Kumeh-48-a\u030ar-ansat-som-kontormedarbejder-fra-2011-til-2019-scaled-1.jpg\" class=\"ee-media__thumbnail__image\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ee-media__content ee-slider__media__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"ee-caption ee-media__content__caption ee-slider__media__caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ee-caption__title\">Wleh Kumeh, 48 \u00e5r, ansat som kontormedarbejder fra 2011 til 2019<\/div><div class=\"ee-caption__caption\">\u201cMine b\u00f8rn g\u00e5r ikke l\u00e6ngere i skole, fordi jeg ikke har haft r\u00e5d til at betale for det. Tidligere fik vi et glas vand, nu f\u00e5r vi et halvt\u201d<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"ee-slider__slide ee-swiper__slide swiper-slide\">\n\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"ee-media ee-slider__media ee-swiper__slide__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ee-media__wrapper ee-slider__media-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ee-media__thumbnail ee-slider__media__thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\u201cF\u00f8r havde vi en god sundhedsforsikring. Men nu kan vi slet ikke f\u00e5 hj\u00e6lp til vores problemer. Uanset ens problem giver de en noget smertestillende\u201d\" src=\"https:\/\/edu.danwatch.dk\/dw-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2Prince-T.-Swen-31-a\u030ar-ansat-som-teamleder-scaled-1.jpg\" class=\"ee-media__thumbnail__image\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ee-media__content ee-slider__media__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"ee-caption ee-media__content__caption ee-slider__media__caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ee-caption__title\">Prince T. Swen, 31 \u00e5r, ansat som teamleder<\/div><div class=\"ee-caption__caption\">\u201cF\u00f8r havde vi en god sundhedsforsikring. Men nu kan vi slet ikke f\u00e5 hj\u00e6lp til vores problemer. Uanset ens problem giver de en noget smertestillende\u201d<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"ee-slider__slide ee-swiper__slide swiper-slide\">\n\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"ee-media ee-slider__media ee-swiper__slide__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ee-media__wrapper ee-slider__media-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ee-media__thumbnail ee-slider__media__thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\u201cAPM Terminals t\u00e6nker, at folk er dumme i Liberia og tror derfor, at de kan slippe afsted med hvad som helst\u201d\" src=\"https:\/\/edu.danwatch.dk\/dw-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Augustus-Payne-Tarr-58-a\u030ar-ansat-som-IT-chef-fra-2010-til-2020-scaled-1.jpg\" class=\"ee-media__thumbnail__image\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ee-media__content ee-slider__media__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"ee-caption ee-media__content__caption ee-slider__media__caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ee-caption__title\">Augustus Payne Tarr, 58 \u00e5r, ansat som IT-chef fra 2010 til 2020<\/div><div class=\"ee-caption__caption\">\u201cAPM Terminals t\u00e6nker, at folk er dumme i Liberia og tror derfor, at de kan slippe afsted med hvad som helst\u201d<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"ee-slider__slide ee-swiper__slide swiper-slide\">\n\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"ee-media ee-slider__media ee-swiper__slide__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ee-media__wrapper ee-slider__media-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ee-media__thumbnail ee-slider__media__thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\u201cLedelsen vil ikke have, at vi fort\u00e6ller om vores arbejdsforhold. Men jeg stiller mig alligevel frem, fordi det er p\u00e5 tide at folk forst\u00e5r, hvad vi f\u00e5r igennem for at passe vores arbejde\u201d\" src=\"https:\/\/edu.danwatch.dk\/dw-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Willie-Gbappy-36-a\u030ar-ansat-som-elektriker-scaled-1.jpg\" class=\"ee-media__thumbnail__image\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ee-media__content ee-slider__media__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"ee-caption ee-media__content__caption ee-slider__media__caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ee-caption__title\">Willie Gbappy, 36 \u00e5r, ansat som elektriker<\/div><div class=\"ee-caption__caption\">\u201cLedelsen vil ikke have, at vi fort\u00e6ller om vores arbejdsforhold. Men jeg stiller mig alligevel frem, fordi det er p\u00e5 tide at folk forst\u00e5r, hvad vi f\u00e5r igennem for at passe vores arbejde\u201d<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t<div class=\"ee-gallery-slider__gallery ee-swiper\"><div class=\"ee-gallery-slider__carousel-wrapper ee-swiper__container-wrapper\"><div class=\"swiper-container ee-swiper__container ee-gallery-slider__carousel\"><div class=\"ee-grid ee-grid--gallery ee-gallery ee-gallery__gallery ee-media-align-- ee-media-align-- ee-media-effect__content-- ee-swiper__wrapper swiper-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ee-gallery__item ee-grid__item ee-swiper__slide swiper-slide\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"ee-media ee-gallery__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ee-media__wrapper ee-gallery__media-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ee-media__thumbnail 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data-settings=\"{&quot;ecs_container_type&quot;:&quot;flex&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c0087a9 dw-und-left-column e-ecs-flex e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c0087a9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ecs_container_type&quot;:&quot;flex&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c0d09b3 dw-und-content e-ecs-flex e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c0d09b3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ecs_container_type&quot;:&quot;flex&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-49e5c64 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"49e5c64\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Soko Kromah was hired to drive a forklift at the port in 2011.\u00a0At first, he was happy with his job.\u00a0It was something to get out of bed for and he got a fixed salary.<\/p><p>But over the years he became frustrated, and six months ago he faced the consequences of quitting his job without something else lined up.<\/p><p>Today he makes a living by renting out his car, while dreaming of a future in Europe, hopefully France. Times are hard in the small home in New Kru Town, where he is the sole breadwinner for ten family members, but as he says:<\/p><p>&#8220;I would rather be a free, hungry man than a slave.&#8221;<\/p><p>During his time at APM Terminals, Soko Kromah was particularly frustrated by the pay, and he was not alone.<\/p><p>All of the port workers that Danwatch and Ekstra Bladet have talked to have individually expressed that they were cheated each year for the equivalent of a month&#8217;s salary.<\/p><p>And this has been confirmed by Augustus Payne Tarr, long-time IT manager of APM Terminals in Liberia, and is backed up by various legal documents, pay slips and statements, letters of employment and employee handbooks, which Danwatch and Ekstra Bladet have obtained.<\/p><p>&#8220;APM Terminals think people are so stupid in Liberia that they can get away with anything,&#8221; says Payne Augusts Tarr, who during his time at APM Terminals was a permanent member of the seven-man executive management team.<\/p><p>Educated in the US, he now owns a hotel near the Chinese embassy in Congo Town.\u00a0After ten years of employment, he resigned last year to protest APM Terminal&#8217;s way of conducting business in Liberia.<\/p><p>&#8220;There are employees who are entitled to an extra month&#8217;s salary every December, but instead they just get paid their annual salary in thirteen instalments. APM Terminals is cheating its employees,&#8221; says Augustus Payne Tarr.<\/p><p>Danwatch and Ekstra Bladet were told by Maersk&#8217;s press officer Signe Wagner that the company is aware of the dispute.\u00a0However, she denies that Maersk owes money to its employees.<\/p><p>&#8220;We have sought advice on this from an external independent auditor and we await their conclusions,&#8221; she writes in an email.<\/p><h2>Plagued by cement dust contamination<\/h2><p>One of APM Terminal&#8217;s major clients at the Port of Monrovia is Liberia Cement Corporation (CEMENCO).\u00a0The company is among the largest in the country.\u00a0It is responsible for all procurement, processing and sale of cement in Liberia.<\/p><p>The cement ships are foregrounded by all the current and former APM Terminals employees Danwatch and Ekstra Bladet met in Monrovia.\u00a0The ships are responsible for the port being plagued by extensive cement dust pollution, each worker stresses.<\/p><p>Danwatch and Ekstra Bladet have received photographs and video footage clearly showing how the dust hangs in the air and obscures visibility.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62fd041 dw-und-right-column e-ecs-flex e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"62fd041\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ecs_container_type&quot;:&quot;flex&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9f2f6d4 dw-und-section e-ecs-flex e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9f2f6d4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ecs_container_type&quot;:&quot;flex&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0b02a48 dw-und-left-column e-ecs-flex e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0b02a48\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ecs_container_type&quot;:&quot;flex&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71723fa elementor-blockquote--skin-quotation elementor-blockquote--align-left dw-citat-wrapper elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"71723fa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\tWe are not aware of any employees being injured or becoming unwell as a result of their work unloading cement.\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-q-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author\">Signe Wagner, head of communication, M\u00e6rsk<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0534f1a dw-und-content e-ecs-flex e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0534f1a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ecs_container_type&quot;:&quot;flex&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5caadb0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5caadb0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>CEMENCO imports cement in a powdered form, which means that when their ships need to be unloaded, dust covers the port area.\u00a0<span style=\"text-align: var(--text-align); background-color: var(--secondary-ultra-light); font-size: clamp(1.8rem, 0.192308vw + 1.73846rem, 2rem);\">The dust goes straight into the worker&#8217;s eyes, ears and nose, especially for the employees who perform their tasks on the quay.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>One of them is crane operator Alexander Vinton, 42, who has worked at the port since 2017.\u00a0<span style=\"text-align: var(--text-align); background-color: var(--secondary-ultra-light); font-size: clamp(1.8rem, 0.192308vw + 1.73846rem, 2rem);\">Sweat beads on his smooth head, and his eyes are locked in a contemptuous stare while he recounts with Monrovia&#8217;s crashing Atlantic waves in the background.<\/span><\/p><p>&#8220;My health has deteriorated since I started working at the port. My eyes burn and my breathing is laboured,&#8221; he says.<\/p><p>&#8220;When I&#8217;m up in the crane, it gets so hot that I have to open the window and the cement dust flies straight in.&#8221;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e52786 dw-und-right-column e-ecs-flex e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6e52786\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ecs_container_type&quot;:&quot;flex&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-615dcad2 e-con-full dw-und-image--full-width e-ecs-flex e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"615dcad2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ecs_container_type&quot;:&quot;flex&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69e24e60 dw-und-image-col elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"69e24e60\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"3000\" src=\"https:\/\/edu.danwatch.dk\/dw-content\/uploads\/2082\/07\/Alexander-Vinton-42-a\u030ar-ansat-som-kranfoerer.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-91468\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/edu.danwatch.dk\/dw-content\/uploads\/2082\/07\/Alexander-Vinton-42-a\u030ar-ansat-som-kranfoerer.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/edu.danwatch.dk\/dw-content\/uploads\/2082\/07\/Alexander-Vinton-42-a\u030ar-ansat-som-kranfoerer-800x1200.jpg 800w, https:\/\/edu.danwatch.dk\/dw-content\/uploads\/2082\/07\/Alexander-Vinton-42-a\u030ar-ansat-som-kranfoerer-1600x2400.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/edu.danwatch.dk\/dw-content\/uploads\/2082\/07\/Alexander-Vinton-42-a\u030ar-ansat-som-kranfoerer-300x450.jpg 300w, https:\/\/edu.danwatch.dk\/dw-content\/uploads\/2082\/07\/Alexander-Vinton-42-a\u030ar-ansat-som-kranfoerer-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/edu.danwatch.dk\/dw-content\/uploads\/2082\/07\/Alexander-Vinton-42-a\u030ar-ansat-som-kranfoerer-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/edu.danwatch.dk\/dw-content\/uploads\/2082\/07\/Alexander-Vinton-42-a\u030ar-ansat-som-kranfoerer-1365x2048.jpg 1365w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">\"When I'm up in the crane, it gets so hot that I have to open the window and the cement dust flies straight in,\" Alexander Vinton 42.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43cd6e53 dw-und-section e-ecs-flex e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"43cd6e53\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ecs_container_type&quot;:&quot;flex&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-367cb727 dw-und-left-column e-ecs-flex e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"367cb727\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ecs_container_type&quot;:&quot;flex&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7926984 dw-und-fakta elementor-widget elementor-widget-toggle\" data-id=\"7926984\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"toggle.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 id=\"elementor-tab-title-1271\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1271\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">How we did it<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1271\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1271\"><ul><li>In cooperation with Ekstra Bladet and the local media outlet Voice of Liberia, Danwatch has been in Monrovia to investigate the working conditions at Maersk&#8217;s port company APM Terminals.<\/li><li>Conducting over twenty interviews with former and current employees, Liberian politicians, lawyers and relevant experts, we have identified a number of problematic issues at the port in the country&#8217;s capital Monrovia.<\/li><li>During which reams of internal company documents as well as government papers have come into our possession.<\/li><li>Seven current and seven former employees have chosen to come forward exposing both their names and identities.<\/li><li>Danwatch and Ekstra Bladet met with them in Monrovia and have permission to use their stories.<\/li><li>We have also been in contact with employees who only wanted to speak with us off the record.<\/li><li>Danwatch and Ekstra Bladet submitted the employees&#8217; criticism to Maersk.<\/li><li>The company did not want to be interviewed, but sent us an email in response.<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36f24c26 dw-und-content e-ecs-flex e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"36f24c26\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ecs_container_type&quot;:&quot;flex&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6204c18c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6204c18c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">APM Terminals employees do not believe that they are supplied with adequate protective equipment or that the health insurance the company has provided them covers adequate treatment.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, Maersk does not acknowledge these issues.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;All employees, regardless of who they are employed by, are required to wear full safety equipment, which is provided for them. We are not aware that any employees have been injured or have become unwell due to their work unloading cement,&#8221; writes press officer Signe Wagner in an email to Danwatch and Ekstra Bladet.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jane Fr\u00f8lund Thomsen, senior physician at the occupational and environmental medicine department at Bispebjerg Hospital, has seen videos of the dust at the harbour and has been presented with the testimonies of the employees.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Her assessment is clear:<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;There is a risk of eye and lung damage. Especially in the long term. Lung disease does not happen overnight, but if you are surrounded by dust day after day, year after year, you risk getting bronchitis and potentially even silicosis&#8221;, she told Danwatch and Ekstra Bladet.<\/span><\/p><h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fear and threats<\/span><\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">APM Terminals&#8217; employees in Liberia are now speaking up.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In an email, Maersk writes that it respects the right of its employees &#8220;to freely go through the trade unions of their choice&#8221;.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But those Danwatch and Ekstra Bladet have spoken have individually stated that there is a history of out spoken employees at the port of Monrovia being threatened and discriminated against.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That&#8217;s why it hasn&#8217;t been an easy decision to come forward with his story, says electrician Willie Gbappy.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He&#8217;s in his mid-30s, sitting in a plastic chair in a grey polo outside his house, a matchbox, in the Monrovia suburb of Johnsonville.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He dampens his forehead with a small towel.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2232455d dw-und-right-column e-ecs-flex e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2232455d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ecs_container_type&quot;:&quot;flex&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b2d01b7 e-con-full dw-und-image--full-width e-ecs-flex e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b2d01b7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ecs_container_type&quot;:&quot;flex&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36fb526 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"36fb526\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/edu.danwatch.dk\/dw-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/Willie-Gbappy-36-a\u030ar-ansat-som-elektriker-qse6zws4j3epnpxupk54vknz9lo7ujztowo7ohuo0g.jpg\" title=\"Willie Gbappy, 36 \u00e5r, ansat som elektriker\" alt=\"\u201cLedelsen vil ikke have, at vi fort\u00e6ller om vores arbejdsforhold. Men jeg stiller mig alligevel frem, fordi det er p\u00e5 tide at folk forst\u00e5r, hvad vi f\u00e5r igennem for at passe vores arbejde\u201d\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">\"We have been told not to talk to journalists. Management doesn't want us to talk about our working conditions. But I'm coming forward anyway because it's time people understood what we go through to do our jobs,\" says Willie Gbappy, 36.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9682379 dw-und-section e-ecs-flex e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9682379\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ecs_container_type&quot;:&quot;flex&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-678ae70 dw-und-left-column e-ecs-flex e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"678ae70\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ecs_container_type&quot;:&quot;flex&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f5b2253 dw-und-content e-ecs-flex e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f5b2253\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ecs_container_type&quot;:&quot;flex&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c90407e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c90407e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>&#8220;We have been told not to talk to journalists. Management doesn&#8217;t want us to talk about our working conditions. But I&#8217;m coming forward anyway because it&#8217;s time people understood what we go through to do our jobs,&#8221; he says.<\/p><p>Truck driver Ballah Kpadeh is an employee who has repeatedly clashed with management.\u00a0Danwatch and Ekstra Bladet obtained a letter from APM Terminals to the Liberian government, in which the company complains about Ballah Kpadeh.<\/p><p>The letter, sent to the Ministry of Labour in September 2020 &#8211; the same month a Ballah Kpadeh helped organise the strike &#8211; says he &#8220;has done everything he can to destroy the company&#8217;s reputation and create unrest in the workplace&#8221;.<\/p><p>But Ballah Kpadeh is not intimidated.\u00a0Change at the port requires courage.\u00a0Someone has to be at the forefront, he says.<\/p><p>&#8220;We are ready to die for better working conditions. 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