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Periodical article Periodical article Leiden University catalogue Leiden University catalogue WorldCat catalogue WorldCat
Title:Rough Seas for South African Seafarers in the Merchant Navy: The Global is the Local
Author:Ruggunan, ShaunISNI
Year:2005
Periodical:Transformation: Critical Perspectives on Southern Africa
Issue:58
Pages:66-80
Language:English
Geographic term:South Africa
Subjects:employment
global economy
seamen
Labor and Employment
Ethnic and Race Relations
External link:https://muse.jhu.edu/article/190000
Abstract:The labour market for seafarers is not an occupationally homogeneous one. It is two-tiered: the first consisting of officers and the second of ratings. This occupational differentiation of seafarers contributes to new patterns of inequality in the global and local labour markets for seafarers with regard to their recruitment, wages and working conditions. Between 1975 and 1982, the international labour market for seafarers was restructured beyond recognition. South Africa followed the global trends in changing its hiring practices of seafaring crew. Besides the global influences that resulted in the restructuring of the South African labour market for seafarers, particularly concerning ratings jobs, this paper identifies a number of more localized problems in the training, development and employment of South African seafarers, viz. lack of training berths; the perpetuation of racial, ethnic and national stereotypes; cost factors; the lack of ship ownership in South Africa; and South Africa's maritime fiscal policy. Bibliogr., notes. [ASC Leiden abstract]
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