The ITF accusation the USA to violate the human rights preventing to the marine ones of the Hanjin ships to come down to earth



The International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) accusation the United States to violate the marine human rights being prevented to come down to earth to the boarded ones on the ships of Hanjin Shipping, the South Korean company that in recent days has introduced request for being mail in controlled administration.

The labor organization has specified that such situation has seen the light of day in the course of a visit of the inspector of the ITF Marine Jeff Engels on board of the Hanjin ship, rented from Hanjin Shipping, in order to verify the conditions in which the crew was found. The ship has attended three weeks before being able to land to a dock of the port of Seattle. The representative of the ITF has verified that, even if the crew were paid and there were two food months on board, the American Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) prevented the marine ones to come down to earth.

"I have telephoned many times over - has explained Engels - and also others have made it, but they insisted on the fact that the crew could have tried to abandon the ship because of the situation of the Hanjin. I have beaten again - he has specified Engels - than the disembarkation to earth was they straight and that the marine ones would not have to endure the consequences of the situation of the Hanjin, than does not have nothing to that to make with their simple desire to hang out, to svagare themselves and to visit the local center for the marine ones. However they have not moved themselves of a millimeter".

The ITF has thanked the members of section 19 of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) for the initiatives of solidarity in confronts of the marine ones.

"We know - it has emphasized the president of the ITF, Paddy Crumlin - than last the three ships of the Hanjin that has called in California southern have had problems similar for the disembarkation to earth. This - it has emphasized - is morally and legal unacceptable. These are the marine professionals who work in professional way, that their tasks in responsible way carry out all and that they hope that the situation with the Hanjin will be resolved without the loss of places of work. To deny they exited it from their atmosphere of job mean to damage the human rights. It must that the CBP reexamines and resolves this problem now".

"Up to now - it has added in charge of the section marine of the ITF, Dave Heindel - the well-being of the crews of the Hanjin ships has received the attention that deserves. In particular, the Korean government, our associate FKSU (Federation of Korean Seafarers' Unions) and the Korean Shipowners' Association have churn in fast way and of concert in order to take cure of the crews. In little days they have formed a joint task force whose first priority was that to guarantee that the supplies and the water were available on board of all the ships and have had news that also is stipulated a insurance cover that it covers three months of salaries for all the crew and three years of pension rights"

Emphasizing that the continuous ITF to relatively monitor the situation to the ships which blocked in many nations, Heindel has specified that the inspectors of the union "have been able to report that fortunately the crews up to now are paid, in the hope to maintain the place of work, and are in good conditions. The only exception - it has found - is in the United States, where to the crews their right of disembarkation is not recognized even if they are in possession of a valid visa. This represents - it has concluded Heindel - additional stress in a stressful period and that frankly he is indefensible".