http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
Handbook of rights and concerns for mariners
Covers specific issues such as recruitment, contracts, work environment, safety, medical care, repatriation, et cetera Provides summaries of ILO conventions that form the international standards for work-related conditions at sea.
Recruitment and placement -- Articles of agreement and employment contracts -- Wages -- Shipboard existence : living and working conditions -- Accident prevention and safety equipment -- Health and medical care for sickness or injury -- Abandonment -- Shore leave -- Repatriation and leaving the ship -- Working on fishing vessels -- Working on cruise ships and private yachts -- Human rights -- Stress -- Piracy -- Mariners and AIDS -- Making a complaint.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-249) and index.
Centreville, Md. : Cornell Maritime Press, ©2002