Unions condemn pay abuses of Indonesian seafarers

摘要

The International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) and the Indonesian Seafarers Union (ISU) have urged the Indonesian government to take action against a national shipping company over alleged wage abuses of seafarers. The ITF and ISU have accused PT Bumi Laut of paying seafarers just $50-200 a month - which is said to be less than half the International Labor Organization minimum of $518.They claim that Bumi Laut owes Myanmarese seafarer Kyaw Htin, who worked on the Panamanian-registered oil tanker MTJulia-1, $4,929 of his salary, The Jakarta Post reported.