Covid-19 is issuing the world an unprecedented collective challenge. Across the world – workers, employers and governments - must work together to minimise the damage done.
Message from ITF general secretary Stephen Cotton
Dear friends,
On the day of the AP Moller Maersk annual general meeting, the ITF has made a statement to the company AGM following up its calls for action i
The life of a seafarer: the “invisible” workforce that keeps world trade moving.
Last week, the government activated its two military hospital ships, the USNS Mercy and the USNS Comfort, which will be docked in Los Angeles and New York City.
Setting internationally recognised labour standards to protect the rights of workers
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) is the UN agency that sets internationally recognised labour standards to protect the rights of workers.
As the coronavirus pandemic has deepened, we have seen images on news reports across the globe of empty shelves in supermarkets as ‘panic buying’ has sparked shortages of food and medicines.
On March 29, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said that that it was, “important that Australia does the right thing about those who have fallen into our care to ensure that I can say with great moral authority that Australians are doing the right thing, and we would ask you to do the right thi
The ITF has launched a map showing the effect of Covid-19 restrictions on countries and ports around the globe.
