The UK government has unveiled a draft Employment Rights Bill aimed at enhancing protections for seafarers, a move welcomed by UK-based maritime union Nautilus International. The bill, set to be…
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Royal Fleet Auxiliary Officers to Begin Industrial Action Over Pay Dispute
Officers at the UK’s Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) are initiating planned industrial action on Saturday, June 1, following a dispute on compensation. The action, coordinated by the Nautilus International union,…
https://gcaptain.com/royal-fleet-auxiliary-officers-to-begin-industrial-action-over-pay-dispute/
P&O Ferries: ITF inspectors blocked from checking on crew welfare
Nautilus International and the ITF are calling on the UK government to intervene, after inspectors seeking to ensure the welfare of seafarers were denied access to P&O Ferries vessels in the Port of Dover.
In an almost unprecedented move for the UK, officials at the port yesterday refused to allow inspectors working for the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) to access the vessels. They were visiting the port to investigate welfare issues raised by replacement crew members on P&O...
Unions demand change to end fire and rehire
Unions demand change to end fire and rehire
Joint press release from ITF, ETF, Nautilus and RMT
Last night, ITF, ETF, Nautilus International and RMT projected a video on to the cliffs of Dover and images on to the headquarters of P&O Ferries, demanding that the company be brought to task for its immoral and illegal actions.
This action comes after P&O Ferries sacked 800 seafarers two weeks ago. One Zoom call, 30 minutes notice, and 800 lives, 800 families, 800 homes, communities have been changed...
https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2022/04/01/unions-demand-change-to-end-fire-and-rehire/
Union for safety inspectors joins Nautilus International in P&O Ferries Campaign
Prospect, the trade union that represents surveyors working at the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA), has joined with Nautilus International in calling for the MCA to ward off potential disaster by performing rigorous inspections before P&O Ferries vessels are permitted to sail.
In a safety critical industry such as shipping, the importance of a competent, well trained, experienced crew cannot be overstated. This is even more the case in a company such as P&O Ferries where – in addition to...
Nautilus International responds to the statement by P&O Ferries
Today P&O Ferries issued a press statement setting out the extent of the compensation package it is offering to its former employees unceremoniously and brutally sacked by pre-recorded video message on Thursday 17th March.
It has taken the company five days to come out in the open with an explanation – of sorts, but not an explanation of its outrageous and illegal actions but an admission of guilt; guilt that it intends to swipe aside with cash. P&O Ferries shameless actions now extend to trying...
UK Chamber of Shipping and Nautilus International welcome Government clarification over Nationality and Borders Bill
UK Chamber of Shipping and Nautilus International welcome Government clarification over Nationality and Borders Bill
The UK Chamber of Shipping and Nautilus International welcome the assurance that we have received today from the Government that Masters and crews of merchant ships will not be criminalised for rescuing distressed persons at sea and bringing them ashore in the UK.
We jointly expressed our concerns that the Nationality and Borders Bill marked a change...
Nautilus urges ‘yes’ vote as ballot opens with P&O Ferries
Nautilus urges ‘yes’ vote as ballot opens with P&O Ferries
Maritime professionals’ Union Nautilus International has begun balloting members for industrial action at P&O Ferries.
The dispute concerns the breakdown of discussions around the reintroduction of the Pride of Burgundy and management’s attack on the agreed Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA). This includes the introduction of agency staff on non-CBA terms and fatigue-inducing work rosters, with agency staff working extended tours of...
https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/07/27/nautilus-urges-yes-vote-as-ballot-opens-with-po-ferries/
Union recoups unpaid crew wages from SijFa Cruises following dockside protest
Union recoups unpaid crew wages from SijFa Cruises following dockside protest
SijFa Cruises has paid more than E20,000 (£17,087.55) in outstanding crew wages and social benefits following a dockside protest by Nautilus International.
On Sunday 11 July Swiss and Dutch Nautilus International officers launched a protest action during the embarkation of a rivercruise vessel in Arnhem, Netherlands, against SijFa Cruises.
The union for maritime professionals said from 2018-2020 it had received several...
Mark Dickinson re-elected as Nautilus International general secretary
Mark Dickinson re-elected as Nautilus International general secretary
Mark Dickinson has been re-elected to serve as Nautilus International general secretary for another four years.
Mr Dickinson’s candidacy was unopposed. This will be his fourth term in office.
‘It is both an honour and a deep responsibility to be re-elected as general secretary, at a time when our members are facing unprecedented challenges,’ he said.
‘The disgraceful treatment of seafarers during the crew change...