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| Photograph, Travel Daily Media The programme was filmed on a Celebrity ship |
Travel Daily UK reporter, Amanda Greenwood, 28 September 2012, Friday 4:23 PM, reports on the wage issues for crew members on board various cruise ships.
The programme was filmed on a Celebrity ship
Travel companies have leapt to the defence of the cruise industry ahead of a television programme due to be aired Monday night (1 October) over labour and wage issues.
The Channel 4 Dispatches show, named ‘Cruises Undercover: the truth below deck’, has been criticised for its unauthorised use of video and expected unbalanced view around the wages staff on cruise ships receive. It sees an undercover reporter take up a job as a waiter on a Celebrity Cruise ship and follows a similar format to its other exposes.
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On a personal note - this issue is very touchy with me as I was a crew member for 30 years and never saw such controversy and interference in the wages of the crew. We all have to remember that crew sign up for the job because it is better money than most places they come from, as well as, most of them know the circumstance they are getting in to when boarding the ship. Several crew members remain for many years as it becomes their vocation and their earnings for their families at home. Those who are unable to continue working on board for their own personal reasons, they indeed go home to seek other employment opportunities.
