Though rare, blackballing does exist in the maritime industry and the consequences can be extreme upon the life of a seafarer. The first sign that you’ve been blacklisted may be a failure to get hired for mysterious reasons. For example, you learn a peer beats you out of a position even though he holds significantly lesser qualifications than you have. You discover certain companies don’t respond to your queries even though they continue to advertise for the very position you are more than qualified to hold.
The failure to find employment obviously means losing the ability to earn a living and financially support your family. Because you lost your previous job for the very reasons you suspect that you are being blacklisted—being hurt on the job and standing up for your legal rights—the company may have wrongfully and creatively blocked your unemployment filing by challenging your eligibility through crafty paperwork shuffling and delays.
It may go further.
The personal devastation may also impact your future earnings potential by keeping you grounded on the beach for a long enough time to cost you union seniority and to prevent you from satisfying Coast Guard recency requirements for renewing or upgrading your license.This could even force you to be re-tested on your next issuance.
Through our experience in fighting for blacklisted mariners, we may well know—better than you yourself—the big picture of being unfairly deprived of your livelihood. We will go after the company that’s trying to destroy your life. Federal and state laws allow us to seek any economic, financial and emotional injury resulting from your blacklisting. Reporting them to the U.S. Department of Labor and the Coast Guard will cast an even larger burden upon them.
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V&B represents injured maritime workers and their families worldwide. We protect workers who have been blackballed or retaliated against for reporting safety concerns, injuries on the job, or asserting their legal rights.
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