60 sailors return home, receive salaries after being stranded in UAE waters without pay for months
요약
보고된 날짜: 2017년 9월 11일
위치: 아랍에미리트
기타
Not Reported ( 해운, 조선, 선박 해체 ) - Employer영향받은
영향받은 사람의 수: 60
Migrant & immigrant workers: ( 숫자를 알 수 없음 - 동남아 , 해운, 조선, 선박 해체 , Gender not reported )토픽들
식량권 , 이동 제한 , 불안정한/불적합한 생활환경 , 개인 건강 , 임금 착취 , 이동의 자유결과
Response sought: 아니오
시행된 조치: The UAE's Federal Transport Authority for Land and Maritime intervened after the crews raised grievances with them. The department traced the ships' owners and in some cases settled the outstanding wages amicably whilst in others took legal action against employers to secure owed wages.
출처: News outlet
“UAE gets stranded sailors back home, salaries paid”, 5 September 2017
The UAE's Federal Transport Authority (FTA) for Land and Maritime has helped 60 Asian sailors receive their payments and get back to their home countries after they were abandoned on stranded vessels. The authorities had intervened after the sailors on 14 ships from Asian countries complained about their suffering and difficulties from the non-payment of their salaries for many months. The sailors, on Pakistani, Indian and Sri Lankan vessels, had been abandoned by their companies on UAE waters and ports for months. Authorities said they communicated with the country of the ship's flag, the shipping agent and the owner of the vessel to address the suffering of the sailors, as they are responsible for the ships and the seamen, as per international agreements. In some of the cases, the maritime officials amicably settled the payment issues with the sailors, clearing their outstanding payments before transporting them back to their home countries. In other instances, the authorities took legal action against the ship owners to ensure that the workers' payment issues were resolved…"Some sailors refrain from reporting to the authorities in time because of the fear that their employers will take arbitrary measures against them, thereby delaying their payments with false promises," said officials.