Key worker status will protect seafarers in the next pandemic
- Guideline will make it easier for the industry to lobby for seafarers in the next crisis
- An amendment has also been agreed that spells out what’s required to provide seafarers with shore leave
- Shipping continues to lead the way in tripartism, with employer and employee coming to the negotiating table together
While it may look ceremonial on paper, the key worker designation seafarers were afforded in Geneva will have real consequences, negotiators say
