tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2527913791294258201.post1628586737082924313..comments2024-03-26T17:58:22.711-07:00Comments on HAWSEPIPER: The Longest Climb: weekend updatePaul, Dammit!http://www.blogger.com/profile/02264872375942355609noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2527913791294258201.post-29210047752498422892016-07-18T12:32:19.591-07:002016-07-18T12:32:19.591-07:00Nice that you get a chance to get off and take a w...Nice that you get a chance to get off and take a walk around the neighborhood every now and then. <br /><br />I hated it when we came back to work in the GoM and the companies all treated us like we were their prisoners, not even allowed off the boats to walk up the street for a newspaper! <br /><br />I understand they've got us over a barrel, especially now with the unemployment situation offshore, but I still can't understand how they get away with treating us like that. <br /><br />When I worked deep sea, I understood there were laws that prevented companies from keeping people 'restricted to the ship', if they did that, they'd have to pay us all overtime! Easier to just do the right thing and let us go ashore. They even had to provide the means for us to do so. <br /><br />Why is the GoM allowed to treat its sailors so differently? Jillhttp://www.capainjillsjourneys.comnoreply@blogger.com