Seafarers Declared Key Workers at Maritime Labour Convention
New amendments to the Maritime Labour Convention officially designate seafarers as key workers, marking a significant change in maritime labor rights under the International Labour Organization (ILO).
“For the first time in any ILO instrument we have a reference in the Code to seafarers as key workers,” said Mark Dickinson of the International Transport Workers’ Federation. “How seafarers were treated during Covid-19 has not been forgotten, and we have made sure, as best we can, that it won’t be repeated.”
Amendments to the guidelines on the Fair Treatment of Seafarers also changed how officials deal with marine casualty or the detention of mariners in connection with alleged crimes.
Deirdre Fitzpatrick, CEO of Seafarers’ Rights International, said the amendments address matters that had been “a hot topic for over 20 years.”
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