[QUOTE=highseasharry;130747]United States has now ratified the Maritime Labor Convention. All hands should read this, your new Bill of Rights.
http://www.itfseafarers.org/files/publications/23556/SBoR_English_inside_small.pdf[/QUOTE]
The U. S. has not ratified MLC. However, it has enetered intom force, meaning it can be enforced against the U. S. by the Port State Control of a country that is party to the MLC.