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08 Jun 2018
Press Release
ITF statement on plan to further reduce crew on Panama Canal tugs
The ACP has informed the UCOC that from 1 July 2018 there will be further reductions to the crew with the removal of the additional captain. This position is...
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22 May 2018
Press Release
Union calls for “real” increase in global seafarer wage
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) and Nautilus International, the maritime professionals trade union, are set to tell the International Labour...
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18 May 2018
ITF takes Irish government to court over abuse of fishers
A copy of the letter from the ITF states: ‘as of today the ITF has referred no fewer than 12 potential trafficking cases to Gardai, and of those, seven...
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17 May 2018
Press Release
UAE Commits to Protecting Seafarers in Signing of Historic Memorandum with the ITF
On signing the memorandum at the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) in London, ITF general secretary Stephen Cotton said: “We at the ITF are committed to...
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15 May 2018
Press Release
ITF response to statement by the Panama Canal Authority
The ACP has claimed that information provided to us, and subsequently circulated, was misleading and twists reality. This allegation is offensive, not only to our...
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06 May 2018
Press Release
Disturbing new footage of Australia live sheep trade shows both workers and animals endure a living hell
Trade unions and animal activists have reacted with horror as the footage shows sheep carcasses disintegrating in the hands of crew, who are working in gumboots...
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03 May 2018
Press Release
The ITF facilitates the repatriation of seafarers abandoned for almost a year
ITF Inspector and ITF Arab World Network Coordinator Mohamed Arrachedi assisted them continuously until they finally left with their wages. 8 other seafarers (7...
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01 May 2018
ITF President, Paddy Crumlin’s message to all workers on International Workers’ Day 2018
A message on May Day 2018