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10 Jan 2020
ITF rescues Kenyan seafarers from Mozambique
The ITF has come to the rescue of 10 Kenyan seafarers who had travelled to Pemba, Mozambique through Tanzania in August 2019, to work on an EU-bound vessel, MV...
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20 Jan 2020
Press Release
ITF general secretary Stephen Cotton at Davos 2020
Stephen Cotton, general secretary of the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) will also be available for interview at Davos 2020 - the World Economic...
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29 Jan 2020
ITF supports push at the IMO for more women workers in maritime
A resolution drafted by the ITF, the Women’s International Shipping and Trading Association (WISTA International), and several countries at the International...
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30 Jan 2020
Coronavirus update and advice
The ITF is closely following all advice from the World Health Organisation (WHO)regarding the current outbreak which originated in Wuhan city, a major domestic...
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05 Feb 2020
Australian bushfire crisis prompt calls for more emergency response vessels
The Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) have launched a petition calling on the Australian government to purchase the Aurora Australis – a multi-purpose research...
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07 Feb 2020
Press Release
International maritime unions urge Australian government to save Australian shipping before senate inquiry
International maritime unions have urged the Morrison government to reverse the decline of the Australian shipping industry and invest in the creation of a new...
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13 Feb 2020
Workers’ unions unite in Papua New Guinea
Workers’ unions affiliated to the ITF have formed a new group in Papua New Guinea to cooperate more closely together. The national coordinating committee...
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19 Feb 2020
ITF and ETF call upon ship operators to return lashing to shore-based dock workers
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) and the European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF) today call upon ship operators to return lashing to...