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04 Dec 2023
Press Release
ITF dockers’ and seafarers’ unions meet to forge priorities
4 December 2023, Santiago – The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), the democratic, global union federation of over 700 transport unions in 150...
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30 Nov 2023
Press Release
Training seafarers for a decarbonized future
Maritime Just Transition Task Force collaborative project sets framework to equip seafarers with skills as shipping transitions to zero emissions. 30 November...
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21 Nov 2023
Press Release
ITF’s 'Nowhere to Hide' Campaign shines a light on wage theft on the Australian coast
The International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) has re-launched its ‘Nowhere to Hide’ campaign this week in Melbourne, Australia, and commenced a fresh...
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31 Oct 2023
ITF & JNG: Concerns regarding Ukrainian seafarers entering Russian ports and territorial waters.
Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, seafarers, regardless of nationality, employed on board vessels trading in the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov area have...
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20 Oct 2023
St Kitts and Nevis Flag State forsakes over 30 seafarers already abandoned by shipowner
The St Kitts and Nevis (SKN) ship registry has evaded its responsibility to more than 30 seafarers by deregistering three ships on which they are abandoned, a...
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27 Sep 2023
Press Release
ITF recovers almost US$120 million in unpaid wages for seafarers over last three years
Inspectors from the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) recovered USD $118,529,663 in wages owed to seafarers between 2020 and 2022, figures...
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25 Sep 2023
Press Release
The callous shipowner who drives seafarers to despair while the world looks on
It has taken the attempted suicide of a seafarer to get Sea Lion Shipping Co to respond to repeated and urgent warnings about the welfare of its crews from the...
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25 Sep 2023
Press Release
IBF deal done: 250,000 seafarers pay boosted by 6%
Seafarers’ unions and maritime employers have signed a four-year agreement that will see significant wage increases and dozens of workplace protections and...