Updates from around the globe on the ITF’s work to build a fairer, safer and more just world for seafarers. Our news section covers issues affecting all seafarers, wherever they may be, and what we’re doing to improve seafarers’ lives and jobs, now and in the future.
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Dockers’ Clause: A deal is a deal – and we are defending it!
Dockers unions, shop stewards and legal advisors from ten countries gathered in Rotterda
ITF speaks for global maritime professionals at International Association of Maritime Universities
The ITF has represented the views of global maritime professionals at the 20th general assembly of the International Association of Maritime
#LashingIsDockersWork: ITF Dockers’ Clause comes into force
The ITF “Dockers’ Clause” comes into force in Canada and Europe today.
International trade unions bring spotlight to Port of Auckland automation plans
An ITF delegation has met with New Zealand’s ministers of transport and labour, as well as the Auckland’s Mayor and city council, to voice first-hand the impact that automation poses to livelihoods
MTWTU hold union awareness-raising seminar for Ukrainian seafarers
The ITF-supported event, Union Week - New Generation, is the fourth awareness-raising seminar hosted by MTWTU in four years in Odessa, Ukraine, which attracted over 150
High level ITF delegation signs enhanced MoU in China
An ITF delegation, led by the general secretary Stephen Cotton, has visited China this week to enhance cooperation and understanding with the country’s labour mov
Mental stress levels at sea dangerously high, study finds
International young workers camp organises new union members in Uganda
Nearly 500 workers have signed up to their local union as part of a young workers’ camp in Jinja, Uganda, backed by the ITF.
Toilet rights are human rights: Transport Workers’ Sanitation Charter
Capacity building in Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia
The ITF has held a training session in Algiers, Algeria 10-12 November in partnership with the Fédération Nationale des Travailleurs des Transports - Union Générale des Travailleurs Alg
Urgent regional cooperation needed to tackle rising piracy attacks in Gulf of Guinea
On November 2, Pirates kidnapped nine crew members from the Norwegian-flagged MV Bonita while the vessel was at anchor off the coast of Benin in West Africa, and two days later on November 4 f
Indian seafarers plant trees at root of environmental campaign
The National Union of Seafarers of India (NUSI) has begun a drive to plant thousands of trees.