P&O Ferries Sackings: Unions Trigger UN Investigation Over UK’s Failure To Enforce Laws That Protect Workers

P&O Ferries Sackings: Unions Trigger UN Investigation Over UK’s Failure To Enforce Laws That Protect Workers

A number of unions and global union federations have written to the International Labour Organization (ILO — part of the UN) asking it to urgently intervene on behalf of the 800 seafarers who were illegally fired and cruelly mistreated by P&O Ferries.

UN Launches Voluntary Guidelines To Protect Seafarers’ Human Rights Amid Crew Change Crisis

UN Launches Voluntary Guidelines To Protect Seafarers’ Human Rights Amid Crew Change Crisis

The United Nations (UN) launched the Human Rights Due Diligence Tool, a joint initiative of the UN Global Compact (UNGC), the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (UN Human Rights), the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the International Maritime Organization (IMO). The Tool comes as worries over increased risk of violation of seafarers’…