Five people - three woman and two men -stand behind lecterns. In the foreground a seated audience faces them. A string of flags from maritime states is on the wall behind the speakers.

Maritime sector

The Maritime Labour Convention - what we can learn

Episode 73 | 10 June 2025

24 minutes 11 seconds

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The Maritime Labour Convention – or MLC, 2006 - is a living example of the central role that effective social dialogue plays in shaping labour standards. The MLC’s success is even more significant, given the size of the maritime industry and in light of the many challenges and risks that face seafarers globally.

This episode of the Future of Work podcast, recorded live from the 113th International Labour Conference, explores why the MLC is a success story and what other sectors and standard-setting processes can learn from it.

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Featuring

Guests

Mark Dickinson

Seafarers’ spokesperson, ILO Special Tripartite Committee of the Maritime Labour Convention and Vice Chair of the Seafarers’ Section at the International Transport Workers’ Federation

Max Johns

Former Shipowner, Vice-Chair of the Special Tripartite Committee of the MLC, Professor Maritime at HSBA, Hamburg

Beatriz Vacotto

Head of the Maritime Unit, International Labour Standards Department, ILO

Lu Camoying Valdez

Head, Human Rights Section, Permanent Mission of the Philippines to the United Nations and other International Organizations

Host

Zeina Awad

Head of News and Media, ILO Department of Communication, Geneva