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Trade Unionism

In: The Other Car Workers

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  • Erol Kahveci

    (Cardiff University)

  • Theo Nichols

    (Cardiff University)

Abstract

Seafarers, other than those tied closely to their home port and their home country, face problems that differ considerably from those experienced by most workers in land-based industries. First, in the case of FoC ships, they effectively lack the protection of the laws and regulations of their own state. Second, even if they are members of their national trade union, for much of the time they are physically out of touch with it. These conditions mean that seafarers will tend to have only a remote relation to their trade unions, even supposing that employers will not block their membership in them. But of fundamental importance is the problem that occurs when there is a difference between the nationality of the seafarer and the flag under which a vessel is registered. As we saw in Part I, such separation, brought about by the mechanism of the FoC, is now a major fact in seafarers’ lives. In this context, national trade unions are very poorly equipped to defend their member’s interests.

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  • Erol Kahveci & Theo Nichols, 2006. "Trade Unionism," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: The Other Car Workers, chapter 8, pages 159-177, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-20938-1_8
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230209381_8
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