Tag: wages

Up to a thousand ships flagged to the Cook Islands, Palau, Sierra Leone, and Togo will be targeted for safety, maintenance and seafarer welfare inspections across the Mediterranean Sea in the coming eight weeks by an army of inspectors from the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), seafarers’ unions and port authorities.

Academics at Cardiff Business School analysed UK-wide employee data to assess the impact of performance-related pay and concluded that performance-related pay is an important but overlooked factor behind the the gender pay gap.

Four seafarers, with assistance from the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), have seized a cargo ship off the port of Dakar in Senegal after months without pay and mounting danger to their lives.

ITF reported a case of wage theft and human rights abuse aboard a coal ship berthed in Newcastle port, with crew members denied their legal right to shore-leave. As a consequence AMSA has detained the ship in Newcastle until these breaches are rectified.

A new report commissioned by the Australian Shipping Inspectorate of the International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) considers the dimensions, consequences, and potential solutions to the problem of pervasive wage theft facing seafarers working in the Australian coastal trade.

During the latest bipartite round of negotiations between shipowners and seafarers’ unions, the two parties agreed on a new global minimum wage. 

Panama Maritime Authority informs that from July 1, 2019 until December 27, 2021, they have achieved the recovery of $10,447,142.25 in wages.

Chinese seafarers’ basic salary is expected to up 7% beginning from next year comparing with the standards in 2021, the country ship owners have agreed.

The ITF and JNG met from 1-3 September 2021 for important negotiations on crew wage increase and other cost elements.

The ITF has helped to recover pay owed to Filipino crew aboard the Liberian-registered bulk carrier Dory while repatriated four crew members.