Earlier this week, food supplies had to be rushed to 20 crew members left to fend for themselves on a ship off the Gladstone coast, a city in the north east of Australia. The workers employed on the ship, owned by Fujian Shipping, had not been paid for over two months and had run out of food. The Maritime Union of Australia is working with authorities to help these workers. Situations like this are a stark example of the brutality of the global shipping sector where a never ending race to the bottom exists in the drive for higher profits.
Earlier this week, food supplies had to be rushed to 20 crew members left to fend for themselves on a ship off the Gladstone coast, a city in the north east of Australia. The workers employed on the ship, owned by Fujian Shipping, had not been paid for over two months and had run out of food. The Maritime Union of Australia is working with authorities to help these workers. Situations like this are a stark example of the brutality of the global shipping sector where a never ending race to the bottom exists in the drive for higher profits.
