The Maritime Labour Convention – or MLC, 2006 - is a living example of the central role that effective social dialogue plays in shaping labour standards in the maritime sector. This episode of the Future of Work podcast explores why the MLC is a success and what we can learn from it.

Guests include Mark Dickinson, the Seafarers’ spokesperson, ILO Special Tripartite Committee of the Maritime Labour Convention and Vice Chair of the Seafarers’ Section at the International Transport Workers’ Federation; Max Johns, the Former Shipowners’ spokesperson of the ILO's Special Tripartite Committee of the Maritime Labour Convention; Beatriz Vacotto, Coordinator of the Maritime Unit in the ILO's Application of Standards Branch; and Lu Camoying Valdez, Head of the Human Rights Section at the Permanent Mission of the Philippines to the United Nations and other International Organizations.