О нас
The Marine Transport Workers’ Trade Union of Ukraine is the largest national trade union uniting over 80,000 members: seafarers working on ships of Ukrainian and foreign shipowners, port workers, employees of ship repair plants, enterprises of State Hydrography, professors, cadets and students of maritime educational institutions. The number of MTWTU members is confirmed by the Certificate of Representativeness. The MTWTU’s s team daily stands for the rights of Union members in every corner of the world. At these severe times, when maritime workers, in particular seafarers, need assistance in seemingly routine processes such as timely crew change, safe repatriation, and payment of wages, the Trade Union strives to provide all possible aid and support to every Ukrainian seafarer.
Oleg Grygoriuk
Chairman of the Marine Transport Workers’ Trade Union of Ukraine
Have a problem? Do not waste time!
If you or your family member got in trouble, the first thing we recommend to do is addressing the Marine Transport Workers’ Trade Union of Ukraine for consultation on your rights and advice on further actions. Assistance to seafarers in such cases:
- Non-payment of salary
- Сrew change/repatriation delay
- Breach of employment contract (delayed or unlawful off-signing)
- Off-signing due to medical issues and processing of seafarers’ sick-leave
- Disability compensation
- Compensation in case of injury for seafarers
- Compensation in case of death of a seafarer
- Compensation in case of loss of seafarer from the ship
- The MTWTU represents the interests of the seafarer or his family through negotiations with the shipowner, insurance company, P&I club, etc.
THE UNION PROVIDES FREE-OF-CHARGE LEGAL AID AND SUPPORT ON THE CASE, WHILE LAWYERS CHARGE ABOUT 15-20% OF THE AMOUNT OF COMPENSATION FOR THEIR WORK.