shrimp56 Posted May 24, 2013 #1 Share Posted May 24, 2013 Thought this would be of interest. http://edition.cnn.com/2013/05/23/travel/cruise-passengers-bill-of-rights/index.html?hpt=hp_bn5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PathfinderEss Posted May 24, 2013 #2 Share Posted May 24, 2013 Thanks for posting the link, very interesting. Not surprising after all that has happen in the last few years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iancal Posted May 25, 2013 #3 Share Posted May 25, 2013 I do not think that a 'cruisers bill of rights' put forward by an industry group will really have significant impact. Nor can you expect it to have any teeth. The cruise industry is an oligopoly...they have little interest in this. |The cruise lines spend millions of dollars each year on lobby efforts to ensure that that their passengers and their employees do no fall under any of those pesky consumer laws and labor laws that firms in America are subject to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mariner Posted May 25, 2013 #4 Share Posted May 25, 2013 More like lipstick on a pig. How bout we'll maintain our vessels to minimize the chance of mishap and train our captains not to joyride. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HamOp Posted May 25, 2013 #5 Share Posted May 25, 2013 Nothing more than a rather transparent preemptive strike to ward off legislation by the U.S. Congress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrimp56 Posted May 25, 2013 Author #6 Share Posted May 25, 2013 More like lipstick on a pig. How bout we'll maintain our vessels to minimize the chance of mishap and train our captains not to joyride. Actually I agree. It seemed pretty toothless. Was hoping to get more of a discussion going. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mariner Posted May 25, 2013 #7 Share Posted May 25, 2013 It's the holiday and most people figure Congress can't manage to talk and walk at the same time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indokiwi Posted May 25, 2013 #8 Share Posted May 25, 2013 |The cruise lines spend millions of dollars each year on lobby efforts to ensure that that their passengers and their employees do no fall under any of those pesky consumer laws and labor laws that firms in America are subject to. We attended a "Coffee Chat" one morning on our last cruise that was hosted by the Cruise Director. He was interviewing the Human Resource Manager who told us all that the Holland America Line employees at sea are subject to Dutch Labor Laws, which are actually STRICTER than American labor laws. Also, he mentioned that all cruise lines are subject to the Maritime Labour Convention - International Labor Organization 2006 (I had to look it up...http://www.ilo.org/global/standards/maritime-labour-convention/lang--en/index.htm) which changes a lot of things for the better as to how employees are treated. Take a look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mariner Posted May 25, 2013 #9 Share Posted May 25, 2013 The issue is Carnival, not HAL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indokiwi Posted May 25, 2013 #10 Share Posted May 25, 2013 The issue is Carnival, not HAL Carinival is subject to the same ILO convention Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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