Charging seafarers for accommodation undermines international law

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Underhand business practices targeting seafarers will advance low-cost UK employment model

Businesses charging seafarers for accommodation on board the ships they work on undermines international law and could trigger a race to the bottom on workers’ pay, International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) General Secretary Stephen Cotton told the UK Government.

ITF affiliate, The National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT), reports that the UK Chamber of Shipping and operators in...

https://www.itfseafarers.org/en/news/charging-seafarers-accommodation-undermines-international-law

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