His award was announced at the 5th ITUC World Congress in Melbourne, Australia, where nearly 1,000 trade unionist from 122 countries are meeting. “First, Hebblethwaite became Britain’s most hated boss when he illegally sacked 786 seafarers. Then he was voted the worst employer in Europe by the Congress of the European Transport Workers’ Federation in May," said ITF General Secretary Stephen Cotton from the ITUC Congress in Melbourne. "He then had to drop off the panel of an industry event in the US after union pressure and a scathing letter from the Chair of the US House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Democrat Peter De Fazio, called for him to be removed as a panellist." (....)