36 SUOMEN MERENKULKU J FINLANDS SJÖFART
IMAGE CREDIT: PEXELS
FATIGUE:
Another
Inconvenient
Truth
Seafarers’ groups have
slammed an attack by
shipowners on WMU
research revealing
systemic failures of
reporting hours of work
and rest. HELEN
KELLY reports.
WHAT IS STC?
THE SPECIAL TRIPARTITE COMMITTEE (STC)
WAS ESTABLISHED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE ILO TO
KEEP THE MARITIME LABOUR CONVENTION (MLC) UNDER
CONTINUOUS REVIEW AND PROPOSE AMENDMENTS.
STC IS COMPOSED OF TWO REPRESENTATIVES OF MEMBER
GOVERNMENTS WHICH HAVE RATIFIED THE CONVENTION,
AND THE REPRESENTATIVES OF SHIPOWNERS AND SEAFARERS
APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNING BODY AFTER CONSULTATION
WITH THE JOINT MARITIME COMMISSION (JMC).
GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES OF MEMBERS WHICH HAVE
NOT YET RATIFIED THE CONVENTION MAY PARTICIPATE IN THE
COMMITTEE BUT HAVE NO RIGHT TO VOTE ON ANY MATTER
DEALT WITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONVENTION.
THE MEETING WAS ATTENDED BY 338 GOVERNMENT,
43 SHIPOWNER AND 32 SEAFARER REPRESENTATIVES.
REPRESENTATIVES OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL
ORGANISATIONS AND NON-GOVERNMENTAL
INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS,
AND INTERESTED
PARTIES, ALSO ATTENDED
THE MEETING.