• J92@lemmy.world
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    23 days ago

    If you work at sea with a favourable contract, you can be off for 182 days a year.

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      22 days ago

      With an unfavorable contract, you could be permanently enslaved at sea for years at a stretch for no pay.

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        22 days ago

        Yeah, the likes of the Filipino contracts, especially during covid, were downright heartless, to say the very least.