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Seafarers’ groups have won the right to mandatory social connectivity for crews –including internet access – in updates to the Maritime Labour Convention 2006 (MLC), but are disappointed that shipowners and governments may seek to charge for it.
Ban on Crew Changes Starts to Bite as Oxygen Equipment Distributed in India Many Seafarers Trapped On Board as Pandemic Sweeps Subcontinent INDIA – With the country's health system teetering on the brink of collapse in the wake of the unprecedented Indian Covid-19 outbreak, the International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) Seafarers' Trust is offering much needed support by providing oxygen concentrators and emergency supplies for affected seafarers and their families. The ITF Seafarers’ Trust says that hundreds of lives will be saved with the help of the two new emergency projects it ...
No Progress as Talks on Seafarers Wages Increase Break Down When Policy Change Demanded Maritime Workers Feel Resentment After Commitment Shown During Pandemic WORLDWIDE – Talks on setting a new minimum wage for seafarers around the world broke down last week at the International Labour Organization (ILO), after seafarers' unions made the decision to shut down pay discussions calling it a 'slap in the face', when ship owners representatives demanded that the industry ditch the established practice of using objective ILO minimum wage calculations before they would approve any pay rise. The...
Shipowners’ Pay Cut Demands A ‘Slap In The Face’ For Seafarers Nautilus International has condemned the refusal of shipowners to approve a standard pay uplift for seafarers as ‘disgraceful’. Seafarers’ unions took the extraordinary decision to shut down pay discussions at the International Labour Organization (ILO), after shipowners represented by the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) demanded that the industry ditch the established practice of using objective ILO minimum wage calculations before they would approve any pay rise. The ILO Minimum Wage for Seafarers is a long-e...
The world’s seafarers yesterday took the extraordinary decision to shut down negotiations over the future of seafarers’ minimum wages with national shipowners represented by the International Chamber of Shipping.