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[–] J92@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

If you work at sea with a favourable contract, you can be off for 182 days a year.

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

With an unfavorable contract, you could be permanently enslaved at sea for years at a stretch for no pay.

[–] J92@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah, the likes of the Filipino contracts, especially during covid, were downright heartless, to say the very least.