3.2.1. Job Market and the Situation
International Transport Workers Federation has statistics that crew members of cruise ships are under paid and
they have rights under international standards. This has not been changed since ten years. Surely, there are big
differences from one company to another. Stephan Bernau underlines that results are minimum wages, long working
hours and very questionable working conditions. Some of crew members could not see day light all along the cruise
journey. International maritime law allows ships to move under every flag of the world. Working agreements are
made under different foreign countries working regimes for different nationalities on temporary basis