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Agreed on the new level of the minimum wage for qualified seafarers
Next January it will rise to 658 dollars, then to 666 dollars from January 1, 2024 and to 673 dollars from January 1, 2025
May 19, 2022
Remembering that maritime transport is the only one sector with an international minimum wage that is formally recognized since 1958, Charles Darr, representative of the Swiss Shipowners' Association and spokesperson for the Party shipowner to the negotiations on the salary of seafarers, highlighted that "this new agreement is a winner both for the shipowners and seafarers. It represents - he explained - a point of balance between a reward to the seafarers who have given a exceptional contribution to the global economy and, at the same time, ensures that shipping companies are able to continue to be sustainable and commercially viable at light of the many challenges we are currently facing and those that await us".
Representing the seafarers, Mark Dickinson of the union Nautilus International noted that "the agreement recognizes the enormous sacrifices and professionalism of men and of women working at sea and is a testimony of the collective results that the social partnership between seafarers and shipowners has historically achieved, especially in recent years».
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Remembering that maritime transport is the only one sector with an international minimum wage that is formally recognized since 1958, Charles Darr, representative of the Swiss Shipowners' Association and spokesperson for the Party shipowner to the negotiations on the salary of seafarers, highlighted that "this new agreement is a winner both for the shipowners and seafarers. It represents - he explained - a point of balance between a reward to the seafarers who have given a exceptional contribution to the global economy and, at the same time, ensures that shipping companies are able to continue to be sustainable and commercially viable at light of the many challenges we are currently facing and those that await us".
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
