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AMOSUP Sailor s Home/Manila/Manila Annex/Cebu
JSU−AMOSUP Mariners Home/ Manila/Manila Annex
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ions stands, was formed on the same occasion.
Seafarer s welfare facilities were establishedby the Japanese and Filipino seafarers unions
in number of places in the Philippines in orderto improve living and labor environment for
Filipino seafarers and their families with contributions from relevant funds, based on thebilateral relationship between Japan and thePhilippines, the IBF-JSU/AMOSUP IMMAJ(International Mariners Management Association of Japan) CBA, which has developed tothe present form from the collective bargaining agreement approved by the ITF in April,
1984. It can be said, therefore, that the welfare facilities located in the Philippines are theproof of Japan and Filipino Friendly relation.

Six accommodation facilities with 1454
beds for AMOSUP-JSU members
Three of them were built in cooperation
with All Japan Seamens Union.
As of December 2014, there are six
welfare accommodation facilities, which
can be used by the AMOSUP-JSU members who work in the Japanese merchantshipping fleet, in the Philippines; four inManila, the capital of the Philippines,
one in Cebu in central Visayas andone in Davao in the Mindanao region inthe south. Three facilities, the AMOSUP
Sailor s Home (opened in 1975 with 30
beds in total but rebuilt in 2004 to have
320 beds), the AMOSUP Sailor s Home
Annex (opened in January, 2013 with 397
beds) in Manila and the AMOSUP Sailor
Home Cebu (opened in January 2003
Human resources supporting safe sailing of Japanese merchant shipping ﬂeet swith
160 beds) in Cebu (City of Mandaue), were built by the AMOSUP alone.
Better welfare programs for Filipino seafarers and their families:
Meanwhile, other three facilities, JSUSix accommodation facilities in the Philippines
AMOSUP Mariners Home (opened inJanuary, 2006 with 179 beds) and JSUPartnership and Cooperation between seafarers union
AMOSUP Mariners Home Annex (openedJapan and the Philippines (JSU-AMOSUP) is the basis for everythingin April, 2011 with 320 beds) in Manila
and the AMOSUP-JSU Multi-Purpose
The Associated Marine
the Philippines had the ﬁrst oﬃcial contact in June 1981,Center (opened in October, 2009 with 78 beds)
Officers and Seamen smore than 30 years ago, at the Asian Seafarers Sum/Activities Center (opened in March, 2014) inUnion of the Philippines
mit Meeting. This meeting was inaugurated following
Davao, were built in cooperation between the(AMOSUP-PTGWO-ITF)
JSU s proposal to reflect the voices of maritime andAMOSUP and JSU. These 6 facilities have 1,454
is the seafarer s union
shipbuilding industries and seafarers from Asia, which
beds in total in the Philippines.
with the world-highest
was then becoming a major hub of the world maritime
A close cooperative relation between Japanumber of members.
industry, in the International Transport Workers' Fednese and Filipino seafarer s communities is
Of about 100,000 memeration (ITF) with its secretariat in London, UK. Bothindispensable for the safe operation of Japabers (as of December
unions then began full-ﬂedged exchanges and deepened
nese merchant shipping fleet. We have visited2014), 38,000, or aboutmutual understanding by repetitive discussions about
to write articles about these six facilities that
40% of them work in
the commitments to be made for solving the issues
Monument of seafarer
reflect such cooperative relation, as well as All
the Japanese merchantof flags of convenience (FOC), assignment of Filipino
Japan Seamen s Union - AMOSUP Maritime
shipping ﬂeet. Members of the AMOSUP account for
seafarers to Japanese flag ships under the Maru-ship
Museum and Sports Complex (opened in April,
as high as about 70% of about 56,000 seafarers worksystem, dual registration2012) with the Archive Museum displaying theing aboard of 2,800 ships of the Japanese merchantof Filipino ships. In view ofhistory and seafarer s culture, etc. of Japanese
shipping fleet. The Japanese merchant shipping fleet
such exchanges between
and Filipino seafarers communities for more
plays an important role as a principal infrastructure
the two unions, the ITF apthan 30 years and the Sports Complex withof Japanese economy. The improvement of working
proved the Agreement ofbasketball court, swimming pool, etc.
environment of Filipino seafarers, indispensable human
ITF-JSU AMOSUP CBA,resources, is a critical factor to ensure safe operation,a labor agreement applia top priority, of the ﬂeet. Namely, the continued andcable to Filipino seafarers
stable supply of competent Filipino seafarers is one ofworking in FOC ships ofthe most important and indispensable requirements forJapanese merchant shipthe sustainable development of the Japanese shipping
ping fleet, at the Fair
industry and the Japanese and the world economy.
Practice Committee (FPC)
It is All Japan Seamen s Union (JSU), which has aheld in April, 1984. The
strong partnership with the AMOSUP to ensure stablebasis, on which the trust
supply of Filipino seafarers to the Japanese merchantrelation between Japanese
shipping ﬂeet. The seafarer s union of both Japan andand Filipino seafarer s unMap of the Philippines
The logotypes of JSU & AMOSUPAMOSUP Sailor s Home