The crew of a vessel that saved seven seafarers from a burning car carrier in the Pacific and rescued nine others are to receive a prestigious award from the United States Maritime Administration (MARAD).
The European maritime union Nautilus is seeking compensation for a woman captain member who was denied her maternity rights.
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia have committed to work closer together to support seafarers calling in all Saudi Arabia ports.
The National Union of Seafarers of India (NUSI) has begun a drive to plant thousands of trees.
It began with all officers, petty officers and ratings being asked to plant a tree during August and September. This resulted in 7,000 new trees.
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 four crew members were taken hostage off the coast of Togo from the Greek-flagged Elka Aristotle.
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 Algériens.
On World Toilet Day, 19 November 2019, the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) is launching a Transport Workers’ Sanitation Charter, because toilet rights are human rights.
Nearly 500 workers have signed up to their local union as part of a young workers’ camp in Jinja, Uganda, backed by the ITF.
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 movement.
