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ITF calls on affiliates for Tunisia protest
In solidarity with ITF-affiliate the Syndicat General de la Marine Marchande et des Ports, the ITF has today urged its affiliates to send letters of protest to...
ITF statement on Philippines disaster: Union relief efforts forge ahead
The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) and its affiliated unions are taking action to help those affected by Typhoon Haiyan. Despite the...
International Day of the Seafarer 2013
The ITF and its affiliates are celebrating the International Day of the Seafarer today, Tuesday 25 June. Called by the International Maritime Organization, the day...
PALEA secures reinstatement agreement
The ITF today applauded the determination of a Philippines union – and the international solidarity which helped sustain it – that has led to the re-employment...
ITF corrects Paraguayan media report errors
ITF Americas regional secretary Antonio Fritz has spoken out to correct a number of erroneous and unchecked reports in the Paraguayan media. These attack the...
Tunisian ITF unions call strike in face of workers’ rights abuses
Transport sector workers in Tunisia have called a one-day strike on 12 December 2013 in response to the continuing erosion of workers’ rights. ITF affiliates...
ITF Seafarers’ Trust awards GBP100,000 to help Filipino seafarers
The ITF Seafarers’ Trust – the charity arm of the International Transport Workers” Federation – today authorised two grants totalling GBP100,000 to aid...
ITF moves to arrest vessel Isis at Tilbury
The ITF has initiated arrest proceedings on behalf of the crew of the Marshall Islands-flagged M/S Isis, which is moored at Tilbury, England and whose crew are owed...