SEA Archives - Seafarers Rights International https://seafarersrights.org/tag/sea/ international centre for advancing the legal protection of seafarers Mon, 09 May 2016 14:14:54 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 Australian Seafaring Industry Fears Low Cost, Foreign Workers https://seafarersrights.org/australian-seafaring-industry-fears-low-cost-foreign-workers/ Mon, 09 May 2016 14:14:54 +0000 http://seafarersrights.org/?p=14081 Another week and another case where governments and shipping companies are coming under fire for allowing cheap, foreign labour to continue eroding the local seafaring industry. Various industry and mainstream media have been watching the Australian maritime industry as local seafarers express major fears over how both employers and government are turning a blind eye […]

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]]> Seafarers Increasingly Using MLC Against Noncompliant Employers https://seafarersrights.org/seafarers-increasingly-using-mlc-against-noncompliant-employers/ Fri, 01 Apr 2016 18:01:47 +0000 http://seafarersrights.org/?p=14069 An encouraging article in the Nautilus Telegraph this month (April 2016) reports that the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC) is being used by an increasing number of seafarers regarding employment issues. Whilst we often just think about the impact of the MLC on crews of larger vessels, it is interesting to see the impact it’s […]

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