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Delegation takes union rights protest to Swiss heartland
A forty-strong international delegation took its protest over a lack of labour rights direct to the Swiss heartland today, when it put a global company headquartered there on notice that it has to
Success for first seminar on putting Mexico City policy into practice
Delegates gathered in London this month for the first seminar on ITF Mexico City policy implementation.
IMO marks World Maritime Day
This year's theme for the International Maritime Organization (IMO) World Maritime Day, 26 September, was sustainable development.
Update on MV Isis, Tilbury, UK
Last week the ITF initiated arrest procedures against the vessel Isis at Tilbury o
Portsmouth demo tomorrow to tackle Condor Ferries’ ‘social dumping’
Representatives of ITF-affiliated unions, including the RMT and Unite the Union, will be joined by the ITF’s UK and Ireland inspectorate at 16:00 tomorrow, 18 February, at Portsmouth Commercial Fre
Global campaign to target Chevron over Gorgon delays and overruns
The Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) has joined forces with the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) in a global campaign to build awareness over delays and cost overruns on Chevron’s
Agreement takes MLC into new stage
The ITF has praised today’s decision at the ILO (International Labour Organization) in Geneva today to build on the success of the Maritime Labour Convention 2006 by including in it new mechanisms
Joint press release: Industrial relations collective, the International Bargaining Forum, concludes second round of negotiations for 2015 IBF Framework Agreement
Both sides outlined their responses to each other's claims, as presented in St Petersburg, but little progress was made on the key issue of a pay increase with both ITF and the JNG setting out thei
ITF signs memorandum of understanding with ACFTU
he ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the ACFTU, the All China Federation of Trade Unions, that commits both organisations to a pr
ITF unions act on Philippines disaster
ITF unions have been taking action to relieve the suffering of those affected by Typhoon Haiyan.
Clock ticking on Fowey ship arrest
A ship detained at Fowey, United Kingdom, for multiple safety and accommodation failings will face arrest at 17:00 BST today unless the owners pay the crew the wages they owe them.
Trade unions must act now on climate change
Twenty activists from 14 countries came together in Johannesburg last week to determine the next steps in the fight against climate change.