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Traduction français anglais Marie-France MUNAR (adhérente association MOR GLAZ) LANDERNEAU April 25th, 2009 Letter sent by mail this very day to the seamen's employer of the cargo " CAPTAIN STAREV "stuck in Brest since November 2008.   Sir, You have almost abandoned alongside the quay in the port of Brest (France) 9 of your seamen on board the cargo " CAPTAIN STAREV ", boat belonging to you. I used to be a seaman and for 38 years I was lucky not to have sailed with a shipowner like you. I am the spokeman of the Seamen's Trade Union (CGT Marins) for western France and President of the organization MOR GLAZ (which supports your crew in the hardship they are enduring because of your negligence and your dereliction of duty as an employer). In the maritime world you are too many to have such behaviours. Shipowners or managers (who have become too numerous) like you tarnish the image of International Maritime Transport. You spread a negative image which injures shipowners, seamen and as well as your complete network in general. You create social dumping and take advantage of poverty to make money in an activity where you shouldn't be any longer. You create unfair and harmful competition which destabilizes the market and the prices of freight by the ton. Your behaviour disorganizes this trade. Making money is not sufficient for you; you also exploit seamen you are responsible of. The International Maritime Organization should prevent you and the people of your sort, from persisting and carrying on in the shipowners or managers'trade, activity which should be none of your business anymore. We will continue to conduct actions as long as all overdue wages are not sorted out. We will carry on notifying French authorites, along with the International Federal Trade Union of Transports, of your shameful behaviour, and this as long as necessary.