The MTWTU goes on widening the geographics of its informational seminars.
This time, there was a seminar held in the Izmail seamen's club on 24th of October.
The event was attended by 50 seafarers, who got an opportunity to learn about some relevant MTWTU and ITF projects aimed at increasing the quantity of workplaces and the quality of working conditions onboard, about the MTWTU social projects , about seafarers' taxation and pension plans.
Залишення екіпажів — це ситуація, коли судновласник або оператор судна припиняє виконувати свої зобов'язання перед моряками та односторонньо розриває будь-які зв’язки зі своїми працівниками.
On 26-28 November this year, the Joint ILO–IMO Tripartite Working Group held a meeting at the Headquarters of the International Labour Organization (ILO) in Geneva, where it adopted the “Guidelines on the fair treatment of seafarers detained on suspicion of committing crimes”.
The Marine Transport Workers' Trade Union of Ukraine, supported by the Trade Union of Railwaymen and Transport Construction Workers of Ukraine, submitted an important motion to the 46th Congress of the International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) in Marrakech.
Amid a rise in seafarer abandonments linked to vessels employed in sanctions trades, a fleet of gas tankers stands out as a repeat offender.
