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Seafaring unions quash employers’ wage-cut plan
Lead negotiator MARK DICKINSON reports on recent talks to establish a global minimum wage for seafarers
A US onslaught of unprecedented scale has shattered Venezuelan sovereignty and exposed the fragility of the global South as Washington revives the Monroe Doctrine with overwhelming military force, write VIJAY PRASHAD and CARLOS RON
In a country torn apart by sanctions and ‘electoral warfare,’ the reality is more complex than Western headlines would have us believe, argues MARC VANDEPITTE
ALAN SIMPSON looks at the bigger issues behind Trump’s Venezuelan piracy
From the kidnapping of Maduro in Venezuela to Trump’s annexation plans for Greenland: the US is openly relying on imperialism – and paradoxically strengthening its adversaries in the process, warns SEVIM DAGDELEN
ROGER McKENZIE looks at how US doublespeak on the ‘war on drugs’ is used to camouflage its intended grab for of Latin America’s natural resources
AS negotiations to set the global minimum wage for seafarers drew to a conclusion, the shipowners made a shocking suggestion.
This is the moment, they announced, to disregard the International Labour Organisation (ILO) mechanism and cut the real value of the ILO minimum wage, currently set at $21.36 (£15.35) a day.
At almost the same time, AP Moller-Maersk, the container shipping giant that carries approximately one-fifth of global exports, issued a dramatic update of its own.
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MARTYN GRAY asks TUC congress to endorse measures that would help stop the present exploitation of seafarers
It is only trade union power at work that will materially improve the lot of working people as a class but without sector-wide collective bargaining and a right to take sympathetic strike action, we are hamstrung in the fight to tilt back the balance of power, argues ADRIAN WEIR
