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June 17, 2020

Stranded seafarers could stop work, disrupting world trade

  • Many have been on board, without the possibility of setting foot on land even briefly, for several months beyond their original contracts.
    • By ELENA BECATOROS
    Associated Press

    ATHENS, Greece — Merchant ship crew members stranded at sea for months due to coronavirus-related travel restrictions could now start refusing to further extend their contracts and stop working, potentially disrupting global trade, the International Transport Workers’ Federation said late Monday.

    The ITF, a global federation of transport workers’ unions, said in a statement it would “now assist hundreds of thousands of seafarers to exercise their right to stop working, leave ships, and return home.”


     
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