Florida Today Exposes Carnival "Sweat Ships": The Under Belly of the Cruise Ship Industry
Sweatships The campaign: "A ship owner can go any place in the world, pick up anybody he wants, on almost any terms. If the owner wants to maximise profit at the expense of people, it's a piece of cake... It's a sweatshop at sea." Paul Chapman, a Baptist minister
Sweatships Press Releases
Life is no holiday for sweatship workers, says new report. 9 September 2002
floridatoday.com January 31, 2006
Imagine leaving your spouse, children and home for 10 months a year to work for tips aboard a cruise ship.That's the choice for thousands of workers on the ships based at Port Canaveral. To support families and gain hope for the future, they work 12 to 16 hours a day, seven days a week for 10 months at a stretch - some for salaries of as little as $75 per month. These low-cost workers from nearly 100 nations are a critical ingredient in an industry that avoids U.S. tax and labor laws and reaps billions in profits every year. To reveal the people and money behind Canaveral's cruise industry, FLORIDA TODAY sent reporter John A. Torres and photographer Craig Rubadoux on a journey around the world.
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Sweatships Press Releases
Life is no holiday for sweatship workers, says new report. 9 September 2002
floridatoday.com January 31, 2006
Imagine leaving your spouse, children and home for 10 months a year to work for tips aboard a cruise ship.That's the choice for thousands of workers on the ships based at Port Canaveral. To support families and gain hope for the future, they work 12 to 16 hours a day, seven days a week for 10 months at a stretch - some for salaries of as little as $75 per month. These low-cost workers from nearly 100 nations are a critical ingredient in an industry that avoids U.S. tax and labor laws and reaps billions in profits every year. To reveal the people and money behind Canaveral's cruise industry, FLORIDA TODAY sent reporter John A. Torres and photographer Craig Rubadoux on a journey around the world.
The first 2 links are courtesy of cruisejunkie dot com
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THE OTHER INFORMATION
ABOUT THE CRUISE INDUSTRY
posted by Timalantoo | 2/01/2006 03:01:00 AM
1 Comments:
There is a great pamphlet published in the UK called SWEATSHIPS. I have it somewhere but it is amazing and very accurate. I reference some of what it is like for crew, but not in a formal manner here:
http://trumpettravels.blogspot.com/
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