Mumbai, 10 December 2020: More than 50,000 Ratings / Petty Officers serving on Indian ships of Foreign Going, Home Trade, Offshore Vessels and Harbour Tugs will benefit from the revised agreement.
NUSI – National Union of Seafarers of India along with the Forward Seamen’s Union of India (FSUI) representing merchant seafarers recently signed the 47th National Maritime Board, India, agreement on 7 December 2020 with the Indian National Shipowner’s Association (INSA) representing ship-owners who own ships flying the Indian flag.
The agreement protects the employee rights of Indian seafarers working in various capacities for Indian ship-owners. The purpose of this wage agreement is to document the working conditions of seafarers agreed to between seafarer unions and employer associations.
This agreement is valid from 01st January 2020 to 31st December 2023 for a duration of 4 years.
About National Union of Seafarers of India (NUSI)
National Union of Seafarers of India (NUSI) is the only union to celebrate century in the year 1996. NUSI has now completed 121 years in the dedicated service of seafarers and their families in particular and the Indian shipping in general. Over the years there has been nothing but improvement in working conditions of ratings and petty officers who are working on Off-shore, Home Trade and Foreign going vessels. NUSI is affiliated to the Hind Mazdoor Sabha (HMS) and the International Transport Workers Federation (ITF), London. On issues common to the interest of both Officers and Petty Officers, Ratings, NUSI along with the Maritime Union of India (MUI) is together as the Indian Seafarers Federation (ISF).
About Forward Seamen’s Union of India (FSUI)
Forward Seamen’s Union of India, commonly known as FSUI, was established on 30th May, 1954. Prior to that, seamen were subjected to inhuman torture, victimization and hire and fire by the shipowners. There was no seamen’s employment office. Unemployed youths used to stand in the queue in front of the Marine House in Kolkata for jobs. But gangsters and musclemen everyday used to drive them away braking the queue to push their own people accepting bribes from them. It was a free for all situation. These tortures, created anger and resentment amongst seamen. There was constant desire amongst seamen to lodge protest unitedly. This desire and urge amongst them brought them together to initially form Merchant Navy Trainees’ Club. Soon the seamen realized that without a trade union it would not be possible to combat or counter shipowners’ virulent attack. That was the starting point with the formation of FSUI in 1954 as stated above.
About The Indian National Shipowners' Association (INSA)
The Indian National Shipowners' Association (INSA) was incorporated on December 2nd, 1929. INSA was formed by the representatives of Indian Shipowners to deal with the problems affecting the growth and development of Indian Mercantile Marine, ever since the first Indian vessel, s.s.Loyalty sailed from the Indian shores than a decade ago on 5th April 1919. INSA owes its origin to the endeavors of Walchand Hirachand the then Chairman of the Scindia Steam Navigation Company Limited and M. A. Master, General Manager of the company. Walchand Hirachand was the first President of INSA and held this position for 19 consecutive years. At the time of formation of INSA there were seven company members and four individual members, amounting to a total gross
registered tonnage of 84,000 tonnes. After independence INSA attained new importance with the Government of India recognizing it as the representative body of Indian shipowners and giving it due to representation on official and public bodies connected with merchant shipping. On 10th September 1979, INSA was registered as a non-profit making company under sec. 25 of the Companies Act, 1956. Today, INSA has 36 members with a combined gross registered tonnage of 9.02 million tonnes, which represents 90% of the total Indian tonnage
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