SOS

The Singapore Organisation of Seamen (SOS) is a global maritime trade union commissioned by the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) to promote positive industrial relations between seafarers and shipping companies. Since 1971, SOS has been representing ratings and helping them receive their dues through Collective Bargaining Agreements with shipping companies. SOS works actively with tripartite partners to improve seafarers' working and living conditions and helps members acquire and upgrade skills that meet the demands of the industry. SOS is affiliated with the International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) and the Nautilus Federation... Presently, the SOS serves some 34,000 members, many of whom foreign seamen, while Seacare caters to, among others, ex-Singapore seamen as members, workers or consumers... In its infancy, SOS shouldered the heavy task of fending off ITF's global campaigns and challenges in listing Singapore among exploiters of seamen. To defuse the challenge,..

Primary location: Singapore