About Fair Pay At Sea

The world’s 1.6 million seafarers have kept our shops full during the pandemic and responded magnificently to the recent upswing in global trade. Their work is arduous and isolating – 90 hour working week’s are common. Because of covid, many seafarers have not been home for two years. They are also the only group of workers who benefit from a global, legally enforceable minimum wage – currently $641 a month. At the end of April 2021, employers and unions will meet to agree a new minimum. A rise is vital. We must recognise the contribution of seafarers during this exceptional period, and enable the evolution of the high skills/high wage industry that global logistics require.

Arrest of union activists in Panama
The Nautilus Federation has been made aware of violent scenes during a protest attended by one of its affiliate unions, La Unión de Capitanes y Oficiales de...
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Unions quash seafarers wage-cut plan
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...
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Minimum rates of pay for seafarers
See the original source file showing figures for the past three years.ITF-ILO-Min-Wage-JAN-2022-Consolidated-Interpretation-copyDownload
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Seafarers’ closing remarks
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...
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Opening statement of the seafarers
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...
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Marooned by covid – how the crew-change crisis trapped 800,000 seafarers
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...
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Arrest of union activists in Panama
The Nautilus Federation has been made aware of violent scenes during a protest attended by one of its affiliate unions, La Unión de Capitanes y Oficiales de...
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Unions quash seafarers wage-cut plan
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...
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Minimum rates of pay for seafarers
See the original source file showing figures for the past three years.ITF-ILO-Min-Wage-JAN-2022-Consolidated-Interpretation-copyDownload
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Seafarers’ closing remarks
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...
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Opening statement of the seafarers
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...
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Marooned by covid – how the crew-change crisis trapped 800,000 seafarers
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...
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The need for better seafarers pay is the lesson of the Suez bottleneck
Mark Dickinson, general secretary Nautilus International On 26/27 2021 April, Mark Dickinson, Nautilus International's general secretary will lead negotiations to improve the seafarers' minimum wage....
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The 2018 minimum wage campaign
https://youtu.be/VsXsk8Hu3O8 The minimum wage for an able seafarer will rise by 27 USD over the next 3 years. The full text of the joint statement...
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