Criminally underpaying their crew
Carinval
Is calling
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Carnival is ultra-profitable, owned by one of the wealthiest men on the planet. He has a personal wealth estimated to be 15 BILLION AUD & earns $11,000 per hour in total compensation
Carnival has three ships ‘Home Ported’ in Australia
Across all 3 Australian ships, Carnival flies in workers from poor countries, picks them up from the airport and puts them to work on Australian ships on short-term contracts
Crew aboard these ships are often working 300 hours (or more!) per month, being paid as little as AUD $2.50 an hour
This is some of the most extreme labour exploitation ever seen in Australia, floating right under our noses
The ship's Officers live in Luxury, with personal staff and salubrious cabins. Crews have awful, cramped living quarters and poor-quality food and water.
Sometimes, the crew under the deck don’t see daylight for weeks at a time
Crew are trapped in a cycle: hired for just a short contract, then sent home with no income, no security, and no promise of future work, praying for the next contract
Carnival gets away with this because Australian labour law doesn’t apply to these ships and because there are no Union Agreements covering these ships
The Maritime Union of Australia is calling on Carnival to do the decent thing and look after these hard working people
