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Employer groups around the world try to undermine the right to strike. Join the global action on February 18 to stop them.
These attacks come at a time when employers and governments implement austerity measures, the growth of precarious jobs is rampant and social protests are...
‘Hands off our right to strike’ demand unions in global campaign
Under the slogan ‘Sometimes you have to say NO!: hands off our right to strike’ the campaign kicked off with an international action day on 18 February and will...
ILO moves on shore leave for seafarers
The recommendations, which now go through the ILO for discussion before implementation, would bring seafarers’ identity documents in line with e-passports. This...
ITF welcomes hard-fought deal for ILWU workers on US West Coast
Negotiations had been underway since June last year in what had become an increasingly bitter dispute. The PMA earlier this week ratcheted up their side of the...
Right to strike upheld – but needs defending
ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) general secretary Steve Cotton explained: “Unions and employers meeting at the ILO have upheld the general...
Union action protects right to strike
Union resistance to a plan by employers to remove the right reached a peak during an international action day on Feb 18th. Within a week unions and employers...
ITF joins US Coast Guard shore leave debate
Submissions have been made from across the industry, including from the AMO, MM&P, MEBA and SIU trade unions, the Chamber of Shipping of America and the...
ITF calls for dialogue and worker involvement during historic Kenya conference
ITF representatives, government officials, international development partners, industry players, maritime workers’ unions, embassy representatives and members of...