By Mark Dickinson, lead negotiation for the seafarers As negotiations to set the global minimum wage for seafarers drew to a conclusion, the shipowners made a shocking suggestion. This is the moment, they announced, to disregard the ILO mechanism and cut the real value of the ILO minimum wage, currently …
Closing remarks by the Seafarers Spokesperson Madam convenor, it is with regret that for only the second time in the history of ILO seafarers minimum wage setting that we have failed to secure an increase. The last time was in 2009 following the financial crisis. Who can forget the Shipowners …
Delivered by Mark Dickinson on 26 April 2021 at the first session of the Subcommittee on Wages of Seafarers of the Joint Maritime Commission May I begin by joining the Shipowners in thanking you and the Office for the preparations made for this session of the JMC Subcommitee on the …
In March 2020 the shape of the coming crisis was clear. A normal month would see approximately 100,000 seafarers around the world either leaving their ships at the end of a nine-month engagement, or joining new ones. At a stroke covid changed that. Shipping companies immediately sought to arrest the …
On 26/27 2021 April, Mark Dickinson, Nautilus International’s general secretary will lead negotiations to improve the seafarers’ minimum wage. Here he sets out the case. For six days at the end of March the world’s attention focussed on Suez, where the Ever Given had run aground. Quarter of a mile …
The minimum wage for an able seafarer will rise by 27 USD over the next 3 years. The full text of the joint statement rebased at the conclusion of negotiations follows. Subcommittee on Wages of seafarers of the Joint Maritime Commission (JMC) Geneva 19/20 2018 The social partners, namely the …
