This working group was set up just before summer 2015 inorder to participate in the 1^st European Labour History Network (ELHN), Torino 14-16 December. Before the meeting about 28 scholars joined the group and finally the organizers gathered 15 papers, displayed in 5 sessions at the conference under the title Crews and dockers. Dr. Jordi Ibarz and Dr. Enric Garcia (both from the Universitat de Barcelona) were the coordinators of the sessions as well as of the working group.

The meeting has been a big success for those interested on maritime labour history, with enriching presentations and debates.  Moreover, during the conference more people came to join the group and some researchers established contact with colleagues in order to improve the transnational approach. At the end, the sessions had the presence of scholars from France, United Kingdom, Belgium, The Netherlands, Italy, Greece, Israel, Finland, United States, Turkey and Spain. Maritime labour history has been put into place among other specialized fields of research in labour history.

If you are interested in joining the Maritime Labour History Working Group you can contact with jordi.ibarz@ub.edu or garciade@telefonica.net.