To: Josh Weinstein, Carnival Cruises CEO
Carnival Cruises: End Exploitation on the Australian Coast
Dear Josh,
We know that your business is ultra-profitable. We know that you're one of the world's wealthiest men. Ordinary people in Australia will not accept American Billionaires exploiting Cruise Ship crew on our Coast.
You can stop this situation spiraling out of control.
Sit down with the Maritime Union of Australia and negotiate an Agreement that delivers Carnival Crew the dignity and respect they deserve.
We know that your business is ultra-profitable. We know that you're one of the world's wealthiest men. Ordinary people in Australia will not accept American Billionaires exploiting Cruise Ship crew on our Coast.
You can stop this situation spiraling out of control.
Sit down with the Maritime Union of Australia and negotiate an Agreement that delivers Carnival Crew the dignity and respect they deserve.
Why is this important?
Carnival is ultra-profitable, owned by one of the wealthiest men on the planet. He has a personal wealth estimated to be $15 BILLION Australian dollars
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 Ships Officers live in luxury, with personal staff and salubrious cabins. Crew have awful, cramped living quarters, with poor quality food and water. Sometimes crew under 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 them.
The Maritime Union of Australia is calling on Carnival to do the decent think and sign an Agreement that delivers basic pay and conditions for these hard-working people.