Tough tweets on seafarers’ ‘bill of rights’
So much has been written about ILO Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 – the so-called ‘bill of rights’ for seafarers – that maritime folks must be exhausted by now. Still, we couldn’t help but tweet about MLC 2006 in the runup to its enforcement date on Tuesday, the 20th of August. The best thing about Twitter is its 140-character cap on text messages (with the option to attach photos). This makes for brevity, which Shakespeare called ‘the soul of wit’. Enjoy reading: (more…)
